Krsna is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense

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"Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart, and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person; he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but He does not talk with nonsense"

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious, no. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person, he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but he does not talk with nonsense, he talks with the bona fide representative.

Lecture on SB 1.2.6 -- New Vrindaban, September 5, 1972:

Formerly every brāhmin used to learn these two sciences, Āyur-veda and Jyotir-veda. Jyotir-veda means astronomy . . . astrology, not astronomy. Because any others, means the less intelligent than brāhmins—the kṣatriyas, the vaiśyas, the śūdras—they would need the brāhmins for health and future. Everyone is very inquisitive to learn what is future, what is going to happen next, and everyone is concerned with the health. So brāhmins, they would simply advise about health and the future. So that is their profession, and people give them eatables, cloth, so they have nothing to do for working outside. Anyway, this is a long story.

So this body is a bag of the three elements, yasyātmā-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke (SB 10.84.13). (baby crying)

(aside) That baby is . . .

So Bhāgavata says, yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke. I am not this body. This is a vehicle. Just like we ride on a car, drive car; I am not this car. Similarly, this is a yantra, car, mechanical car. Kṛṣṇa, or God, has given me this car; I wanted it. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati (BG 18.61): "My dear Arjuna, the Lord as Paramātmā is sitting in everyone's heart," bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā, "and He is giving chance to the living entity to travel, to wander," sarva-bhūtāni, "all over the universe," yantrārūḍhāni māyayā, "riding on a car, driving a car given by the material nature."

So actual our position is that I am soul, I have been given a nice car. It is not a nice car, but as soon as we get a car, however rotten it may be, we think that it is very nice, (laughter) and identify with that car, "I have got this car," "I have got that car." One forgets, if one drives a very costly car, he forgets himself that he is a poor man. He thinks that "I am this car." This is identification.

So yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ (SB 10.84.13). One who thinks this body as himself, as self, and bodily relation, sva-dhīḥ, "They are my own—my brother, my family, my nation, my community, my society," so many things "my," "I and mine," misconception of "I" as this body and misconception of "my" in relationship with body. Yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ. Bhauma ijya-dhīḥ. Bhūmi, bhūmi means land; ijya-dhīḥ, ijya means worshipable.

So at the present moment it is very strong, the conceit that, "I am this body." "I am American," and "I am Indian," "I am European," "I am Hindu," "I am Muslim," "I am brāhmin," "I am kṣatriya," "I am śūdra," "I am this, those . . ." so many. This is very strong, and bhauma ijya-dhīḥ, that because I am identifying to a certain type of body, and wherefrom the body has come out, the land is worshipable. That is nationalism. So yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ, yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile, and tīrtha, place of pilgrimage. We go, we take bath in the river, like the Christians, they take bath in the Jordan River, or Hindus, they go to Haridwar, take bath in the Ganges, or Vṛndāvana they take bath. But they think by taking bath in that water, his job is finished.

No. Actually the job is to go to such pilgrimages, holy places, to find out, experience spiritual advancement. Because many spiritually advanced men, they live there. Therefore one should go such places and find out the experienced transcendentalist and take lessons from him. That is really going to pilgrimage. Not that simply going and take bath and business finished. No. So:

yasyātma-buddhiḥ kuṇape tri-dhātuke

sva-dhīḥ kalatrādiṣu bhauma ijya-dhīḥ

yat-tīrtha-buddhiḥ salile na karhicij

janeṣv abhijñeṣu . . .

(SB 10.84.13)

Abhijñe, one who knows. We should approach person who knows things very well, abhijñaḥ. Kṛṣṇa is abhijñaḥ, svarat. So similarly, Kṛṣṇa's representative is also abhijñaḥ, naturally. If one associates with Kṛṣṇa, if one talks with Kṛṣṇa, he must be very abhijñaḥ, very learned, because he takes lessons from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa's knowledge is perfect, therefore because he takes knowledge from Kṛṣṇa, his knowledge is also perfect. Abhijñaḥ.

And Kṛṣṇa talks. It is not that it is fictitious. No. Kṛṣṇa—I have already said—that Kṛṣṇa is sitting in everyone's heart, and He talks with the bona fide person. Just like a big man, he talks with some bona fide person; he doesn't waste his time talking with nonsense. He talks, that's a fact, but He does not talk with nonsense; He talks with the bona fide representative.

How it is known? It is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, teṣāṁ satata-yuktānām (BG 10.10). Who is bona fide representative? Teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam, buddhi-yogaṁ dadāmi tam. Kṛṣṇa says that, "I give him intelligence." To whom? Satata-yuktānām, those who are engaged twenty-four hours. In which way he is engaged? Bhajatam, bhajana, those who are engaged in devotional service. What kind of devotional service? Prīti-pūrvakam: with love and affection. One who is engaged in devotional service of the Lord in love and devotion.

What is the symptom of love? The symptom, the prime symptom, most important symptom of love, is that the devotee wants to see that his Lord's name, fame, etc. become widespread. He wants to see that, "My Lord's name be known everywhere." This is love. If I love somebody, I want to see that his glories are spread all over the world. And Kṛṣṇa also says in the Bhagavad-gītā, na ca tasmāt manuṣyeṣu kaścit me priya-kṛttamaḥ: anyone who preaches His glories, nobody is dearer to Him than that person.