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| <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> | | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
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| <div class="heading">They are young boys, young girls. They could enjoy life in their county very nicely. But the name is so powerful. I started this movement simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa. Still we are going that. So this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is so powerful. You understand or do not understand; if you go on chanting regularly, one day you will come to the platform—you will clearly understand what is the meaning of God. | | <div class="heading">They are young boys, young girls. They could enjoy life in their county very nicely. But the name is so powerful. I started this movement simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa. Still we are going that. So this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is so powerful. You understand or do not understand; if you go on chanting regularly, one day you will come to the platform—you will clearly understand what is the meaning of God. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Hyderabad, April 18, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Hyderabad, April 18, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Therefore it is stated here, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ([[Vanisource:SB 1.2.6|SB 1.2.6]]). Adhokṣaje, the Supreme Lord, cannot be seen by these eyes. He cannot be understood by these eyes. Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 17.136|CC Madhya 17.136]]). Indriya, our present senses, are blunt senses. By these senses, we cannot understand what is the meaning of Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. But it is so powerful, if you go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, even without understanding, you will be purified, and one day you will understand. This is our movement. Otherwise how these Europeans and Americans... They never heard what is Kṛṣṇa, but why they have left everything? They are young boys, young girls. They could enjoy life in their county very nicely. But the name is so powerful. I started this movement simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa. Still we are going that. So this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra is so powerful. You understand or do not understand; if you go on chanting regularly, one day you will come to the platform—you will clearly understand what is the meaning of God. This is Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.</p> | | |
| <p>So our request is therefore that if you want to be situated on the superior platform of understanding the meaning of religion, then this is the only way at the present moment, in this age. Because other processes are very difficult. They cannot... Either you follow Hindu religion or this religion, that religion, everywhere the process is so difficult that people cannot follow it nicely. Therefore the śāstra has given the injunction,</p>
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| :kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Hyderabad, April 18, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- Hyderabad, April 18, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;"> |
| :([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]) | | Therefore it is stated here, ''sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje'' ([[vanisource:SB 1.2.6|SB 1.2.6]]). ''Adhokṣaje'', the Supreme Lord, cannot be seen by these eyes. He cannot be understood by these eyes. ''Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 17.136|CC Madhya 17.136]]). ''Indriya'', our present senses, are blunt senses. By these senses, we cannot understand what is the meaning of Hare Kṛṣṇa ''mahā-mantra''. But it is so powerful, if you go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa ''mahā-mantra'' even without understanding, you will be purified, and one day you will understand. This is our movement. Otherwise how these Europeans and Americans . . . they never heard what is Kṛṣṇa, but why they have left everything? They are young boys, young girls. They could enjoy life in their county very nicely there. But the name is so powerful. I started this movement simply by chanting this Hare Kṛṣṇa. Still we are going that. So this Hare Kṛṣṇa ''mahā-mantra'' is so powerful, you understand or do not understand, if you go on chanting regularly, one day you will come to the platform—you will clearly understand what is the meaning of God. This is Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. |
| <p>In this age any religion you follow, you cannot strictly follow the rules and regulation and process. But if you chant this mahā-mantra Hare Kṛṣṇa... Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam. It has been thrice stressed, and at the end it is said, "only, not any other." Why so much stress? Now, kalau, in this age Kali, the age of quarrel... Kali means with slight provocation we will fight one another. That is Kali. So kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā.</p>
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| | So our request is therefore that if you want to be situated on the superior platform of understanding the meaning of religion, then this is the only way at the present moment, in this age. Because other processes are very difficult. They cannot . . . either you follow Hindu religion or this religion, that religion, everywhere the process is so difficult that people cannot follow it, I mean, nicely. Therefore the ''śāstra'' has given the injunction: |
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| | :''harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam'' |
| | :''kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā'' |
| | :([[vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]) |
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| | In this age any religion you follow, you cannot strictly follow the rules and regulation and process. But if you chant this ''mahā-mantra'' Hare Kṛṣṇa . . . ''harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalam''. It has been thrice stressed, and at the end it is said: "Only, not any other." Why so much stress? Now, ''kalau'', in this age Kali, the age of quarrel . . . ''kali'' means with slight provocation we will fight one another. That is Kali-yuga. So ''kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā.'' |
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