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| Prabhupāda: Intelligence is above the mind. Intelligence controls the mind. | | Prabhupāda: Intelligence is above the mind. Intelligence controls the mind. |
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| Devotee (3): And steady intelligence, that is acquired by hearing? We can keep our intelligence steady by hearing? | | Devotee (3): And steady intelligence, that is acquired by hearing? We can keep our intelligence steady by hearing? |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. |
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| Devotee (3): But as soon as we stop hearing, then the intelligence . . . | | Devotee (3): But as soon as we stop hearing, then the intelligence . . . |
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| Prabhupāda: Mind is disturbed. | | Prabhupāda: Mind is disturbed. |
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| Devotee (3): Then the mind will take over. | | Devotee (3): Then the mind will take over. |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. If the mind is not controlled by intelligence, then it will disturb. Then the senses will be disturbed, agitated. Then you are bound up by karma. Unrestricted sense gratification means karma-bandhana, bound up by the laws of karma. And bound up by the laws of karma means repetition of birth and death in different species. Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa jantor dehopapatti (SB 3.31.1). Different bodies means resultant action of karma. So if you want to save yourself from this resultant action of karma, then the first thing is to control the mind. That is yoga system, to control the mind. But one who has got intelligence, he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and the mind is automatically controlled. Yogīnām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatāntarātmanā (BG 6.47). | | Prabhupāda: Yes. If the mind is not controlled by intelligence, then it will disturb. Then the senses will be disturbed, agitated. Then you are bound up by karma. Unrestricted sense gratification means karma-bandhana, bound up by the laws of karma. And bound up by the laws of karma means repetition of birth and death in different species. Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa jantor dehopapatti (SB 3.31.1). Different bodies means resultant action of karma. So if you want to save yourself from this resultant action of karma, then the first thing is to control the mind. That is yoga system, to control the mind. But one who has got intelligence, he takes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness and the mind is automatically controlled. Yogīnām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatāntarātmanā (BG 6.47). |
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| Devotee (3): So the jīva is still higher than the intelligence. | | Devotee (3): So the jīva is still higher than the intelligence. |
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| Prabhupāda: Hmm? Yes. | | Prabhupāda: Hmm? Yes. |
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| Devotee (3): And if he is to control his intelligence by hearing . . . | | Devotee (3): And if he is to control his intelligence by hearing . . . |
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| Prabhupāda: Hearing about Kṛṣṇa. | | Prabhupāda: Hearing about Kṛṣṇa. |
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| Devotee (3): Hearing about Kṛṣṇa. | | Devotee (3): Hearing about Kṛṣṇa. |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. |
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| Devotee (3): But if his desire is not steady . . . for instance, if he . . . | | Devotee (3): But if his desire is not steady . . . for instance, if he . . . |
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| Prabhupāda: If he hears about Kṛṣṇa, everything will be done nicely. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathā kṛṣṇaḥ (SB 1.2.17). Kṛṣṇa will help. And that is natural position, to hear about Kṛṣṇa, to act for Kṛṣṇa, to think of Kṛṣṇa. Then everything is all right. That is Kṛṣṇa conscious. Therefore chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is the easiest process and genuine, without any failure. Ceto-darpana-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpanam (CC Antya 20.12). | | Prabhupāda: If he hears about Kṛṣṇa, everything will be done nicely. Śṛṇvatāṁ sva-kathā kṛṣṇaḥ (SB 1.2.17). Kṛṣṇa will help. And that is natural position, to hear about Kṛṣṇa, to act for Kṛṣṇa, to think of Kṛṣṇa. Then everything is all right. That is Kṛṣṇa conscious. Therefore chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is the easiest process and genuine, without any failure. Ceto-darpana-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpanam (CC Antya 20.12). |
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| Devotee (3): When you say "genuine," that means that it works . . . | | Devotee (3): When you say "genuine," that means that it works . . . |
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| Prabhupāda: That is real spiritual activity. (aside:) Take it. | | Prabhupāda: That is real spiritual activity. (aside:) Take it. |
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| Devotee (3): So while one is chanting, he is automatically Kṛṣṇa conscious. | | Devotee (3): So while one is chanting, he is automatically Kṛṣṇa conscious. |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. Chanting means hearing Kṛṣṇa, and that is Kṛṣṇa conscious. And then acting. The more he chants, his dirty things in the heart becomes cleansed, and he acts for Kṛṣṇa's service. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. Chanting means hearing Kṛṣṇa, and that is Kṛṣṇa conscious. And then acting. The more he chants, his dirty things in the heart becomes cleansed, and he acts for Kṛṣṇa's service. |
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| Devotee (3): So the perfection, then, is to chant constantly. | | Devotee (3): So the perfection, then, is to chant constantly. |
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| Prabhupāda: Huh? | | Prabhupāda: Huh? |
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| Devotee (3): The perfection of chanting is to be chanting twenty-four hours. | | Devotee (3): The perfection of chanting is to be chanting twenty-four hours. |
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| Prabhupāda: Yes. | | Prabhupāda: Yes. |
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| Devotee (3): Constantly. | | Devotee (3): Constantly. |
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| Prabhupāda: Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ (CC Adi 17.31). That is the injunction, sadā. Sadā means always. | | Prabhupāda: Kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ (CC Adi 17.31). That is the injunction, sadā. Sadā means always. |
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