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Every devotee, they must follow the rules and regulations, that's all

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"Every devotee, they must follow the rules and regulations, that's all"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Devotee: In your Kṛṣṇa book, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you've given such clear explanations along with the stories of Kṛṣṇa that it's very difficult to misinterpret them, because you use such clear explanation. Prabhupāda: No, you read all the books first of all. Then you'll be able to understand. Yaśomatīnandana: Even theoretical understanding that Kṛṣṇa is transcendental will not help unless one . . . Prabhupāda: Because Kṛṣṇa is giving . . . (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa lifted the hill. Now how you can become equal with Kṛṣṇa? Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, what about if some devotees, I know they want to come to Vṛndāvana . . . Prabhupāda: Every devotee, they must follow the rules and regulations, that's all. Devotee: And engage in practical service to Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: Yes. Guru-mukha-padma-vākya cittete kariyā aikya āra nā kariha mane āśā. Has he taken order from Guru Mahārāja that "I am going to jump over Rādhā-kuṇḍa"? Why does he go? Daily singing, guru-mukha-padma-vākya cittete, āra nā kariha. Why should he desire like that?.

Acyutānanda: Some of the devotees, they said that it is for liberated souls. So they said, "Well, we are all liberated."

Prabhupāda: Yes. Liberated for going to hell.

Devotee: In your Kṛṣṇa book, Śrīla Prabhupāda, you've given such clear explanations along with the stories of Kṛṣṇa that it's very difficult to misinterpret them, because you use such clear explanation.

Prabhupāda: No, you read all the books first of all. Then you'll be able to understand.

Yaśomatīnandana: Even theoretical understanding that Kṛṣṇa is transcendental will not help unless one . . .

Prabhupāda: Because Kṛṣṇa is giving . . . (indistinct) . . . Kṛṣṇa lifted the hill. Now how you can become equal with Kṛṣṇa?

Devotee: Śrīla Prabhupāda, what about if some devotees, I know they want to come to Vṛndāvana . . .

Prabhupāda: Every devotee, they must follow the rules and regulations, that's all.

Devotee: And engage in practical service to Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Guru-mukha-padma-vākya cittete kariyā aikya āra nā kariha mane āśā. Has he taken order from Guru Mahārāja that "I am going to jump over Rādhā-kuṇḍa"? Why does he go? Daily singing, guru-mukha-padma-vākya cittete, āra nā kariha. Why should he desire like that?

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: There are some devotees who always want to . . .

Prabhupāda: They are not devotees. Rascals. Don't say "some devotees." Devotees will hear: guru-mukha-padma-vākya cittete kariyā aikya āra nā kariha mane.

Acyutānanda: They also wear the Rādhā-kuṇḍa māṭi, tilaka.

Prabhupāda: There is no harm, but they should understand what is Rādhā-kuṇḍa and how to deal with Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī showed how to live in Rādhā-kuṇḍa. Saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau. He was circumambulating Rādhā-kuṇḍa, falling down, making a mark. That is Rādhā-kuṇḍa vāsī.

Page Title:Every devotee, they must follow the rules and regulations, that's all
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-10-28, 13:19:19.000
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1