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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.62-72 -- Los Angeles, December 19, 1968|Lecture on BG 2.62-72 -- Los Angeles, December 19, 1968]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: A Kṛṣṇa conscious person, even an ordinary person, not in the level of Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, he's never conquered by māyā. But one who is not fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, either he may be Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, he'll be conquered by māyā, what to speak of others. This is the position. Go on. "When Haridāsa Ṭhākura was a young devotee of the Lord..."</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 2.62-72 -- Los Angeles, December 19, 1968|Lecture on BG 2.62-72 -- Los Angeles, December 19, 1968]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: A Kṛṣṇa conscious person, even an ordinary person, not in the level of Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, he's never conquered by māyā. But one who is not fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, either he may be Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, he'll be conquered by māyā, what to speak of others. This is the position. Go on. "When Haridāsa Ṭhākura was a young devotee of the Lord..."</p> |
| <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "...he was similarly allured by the incarnation of Māyādevī, but Haridāsa easily passed the test because of his unalloyed devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa. A sincere devotee of the Lord learns to hate all material sense enjoyment due to his higher taste for spiritual enjoyment in the association of the Lord. That is the secret of success."</p> | | <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: "...he was similarly allured by the incarnation of Māyādevī, but Haridāsa easily passed the test because of his unalloyed devotion to Lord Kṛṣṇa. A sincere devotee of the Lord learns to hate all material sense enjoyment due to his higher taste for spiritual enjoyment in the association of the Lord. That is the secret of success."</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ([[Vanisource:BG 9.59|BG 9.59]]). Param, if you get better thing, you give up inferior quality thing. That is our nature. Just like our students, American students, they were all accustomed to meat-eating. But now another student, she is preparing the sweetballs, ISKCON balls, and they are forgetting meat-eating. They do not like any more meat-eating. They have got better engagement, sweetballs. (laughter)</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate ([[Vanisource:BG 9.59 (1972)|BG 9.59]]). Param, if you get better thing, you give up inferior quality thing. That is our nature. Just like our students, American students, they were all accustomed to meat-eating. But now another student, she is preparing the sweetballs, ISKCON balls, and they are forgetting meat-eating. They do not like any more meat-eating. They have got better engagement, sweetballs. (laughter)</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonBG1713HonoluluJuly41974_29" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="402" link="Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974"> | | <div id="LectureonBG1713HonoluluJuly41974_29" class="quote" parent="Bhagavad-gita_As_It_Is_Lectures" book="Lec" index="402" link="Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974" link_text="Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974|Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Everything, purity, impurity, everything is in the heart. If one, in impure condition he is thinking that "I have now become pure," that is rascaldom. But in the purity platform, even there is no Deity worship... Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva (Bs. 5.38). He sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere. Then Haridāsa... But we should not imitate that. We are in the lower stage. Therefore Deity worship required. Mean, if there is no temple, you can keep a small Deity in a small box and open it. After taking bath, sitting down, you can offer Him little patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam ([[Vanisource:BG 9.26|BG 9.26]]). Little you can offer, little water. Where is the difficulty? Deity worship.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974|Lecture on BG 17.1-3 -- Honolulu, July 4, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Everything, purity, impurity, everything is in the heart. If one, in impure condition he is thinking that "I have now become pure," that is rascaldom. But in the purity platform, even there is no Deity worship... Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva (Bs. 5.38). He sees Kṛṣṇa everywhere. Then Haridāsa... But we should not imitate that. We are in the lower stage. Therefore Deity worship required. Mean, if there is no temple, you can keep a small Deity in a small box and open it. After taking bath, sitting down, you can offer Him little patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyam ([[Vanisource:BG 9.26 (1972)|BG 9.26]]). Little you can offer, little water. Where is the difficulty? Deity worship.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonSB1532VrndavanaAugust131974_9" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="152" link="Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974"> | | <div id="LectureonSB1532VrndavanaAugust131974_9" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="152" link="Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Especially Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, they don't want mukti. They are happy wherever they are existing. If they get the chance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, that is perfection of life. They don't want anything more. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. We should not imitate, but the position is like that. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was not at all afraid of this material world. He was very cautious. A spiritualist, a devotee, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, should be very cautious. But not afraid to meet any dangerous position. But must be cautious. Cautious in this way, that he may not fall down again under the clutches of māyā. This should be, care should be taken.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.5.32 -- Vrndavana, August 13, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Especially Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, they don't want mukti. They are happy wherever they are existing. If they get the chance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, that is perfection of life. They don't want anything more. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. We should not imitate, but the position is like that. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. He was not at all afraid of this material world. He was very cautious. A spiritualist, a devotee, a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, should be very cautious. But not afraid to meet any dangerous position. But must be cautious. Cautious in this way, that he may not fall down again under the clutches of māyā. This should be, care should be taken.</p> |
| <p>If we fix up our mind... Mām eva ye prapadyante. If we fix up our śaraṇāgati, surrender to the Supreme, then there is no question of falling down. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14|BG 7.14]]). Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested once by Māyā, and in another time he was tested by a prostitute to allure him... He was young man. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was very beautiful young man. So under diplomacy of Rāmacandra Khān he was to be entrapped. You know the story. That is stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not entrapped, because he was strong, strong enough. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti. Māyā could not do anything. Although Māyā came there at dead of night, very beautiful, attractive dress, attractive feature, attractive words—this is māyā—so he was not allured. The... Rather, the veśyā, or the prostitute, became converted into a Vaiṣṇavī.</p> | | <p>If we fix up our mind... Mām eva ye prapadyante. If we fix up our śaraṇāgati, surrender to the Supreme, then there is no question of falling down. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]). Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested once by Māyā, and in another time he was tested by a prostitute to allure him... He was young man. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was very beautiful young man. So under diplomacy of Rāmacandra Khān he was to be entrapped. You know the story. That is stated in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not entrapped, because he was strong, strong enough. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti. Māyā could not do anything. Although Māyā came there at dead of night, very beautiful, attractive dress, attractive feature, attractive words—this is māyā—so he was not allured. The... Rather, the veśyā, or the prostitute, became converted into a Vaiṣṇavī.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonSB1825LosAngelesApril171973_15" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="213" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973"> | | <div id="LectureonSB1825LosAngelesApril171973_15" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="213" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So don't think that: "Because I have become a devotee, there will be no danger, no suffering." Prahlāda Mahārāja suffered so much. The Pāṇḍavas suffered so much. Haridāsa Ṭhākura suffered so much. But we should not be disturbed by those sufferings. We must have firm faith, firm conviction that: "Kṛṣṇa is there. He'll give me protection." Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ([[Vanisource:BG 9.31|BG 9.31]]). Don't try to take benefit of other shelter than Kṛṣṇa. Always take to Kṛṣṇa.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973|Lecture on SB 1.8.25 -- Los Angeles, April 17, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So don't think that: "Because I have become a devotee, there will be no danger, no suffering." Prahlāda Mahārāja suffered so much. The Pāṇḍavas suffered so much. Haridāsa Ṭhākura suffered so much. But we should not be disturbed by those sufferings. We must have firm faith, firm conviction that: "Kṛṣṇa is there. He'll give me protection." Kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati ([[Vanisource:BG 9.31 (1972)|BG 9.31]]). Don't try to take benefit of other shelter than Kṛṣṇa. Always take to Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonSB1830MayapuraOctober101974_17" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="223" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974"> | | <div id="LectureonSB1830MayapuraOctober101974_17" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="223" link="Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That cheating is not good. If you think that you can chant like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, then you simply chant. We shall supply you food. There is no anxiety. But don't try to cheat. You must be engaged. Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi, kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam ([[Vanisource:BG 9.27|BG 9.27]]). Of course, if we can chant twenty-four hours, that is very good. But that is not possible. We are not so highly elevated. We must do something for Kṛṣṇa.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.8.30 -- Mayapura, October 10, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That cheating is not good. If you think that you can chant like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, then you simply chant. We shall supply you food. There is no anxiety. But don't try to cheat. You must be engaged. Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi, kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam ([[Vanisource:BG 9.27 (1972)|BG 9.27]]). Of course, if we can chant twenty-four hours, that is very good. But that is not possible. We are not so highly elevated. We must do something for Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| <div id="LectureonSB11311GenevaJune21974_25" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="283" link="Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974"> | | <div id="LectureonSB11311GenevaJune21974_25" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="283" link="Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We are traveling all over the world, spending so much money, jet plane, and this plane, just to push Kṛṣṇa consciousness as much as possible. This is renunciation, not that sitting one place doing nothing and become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Then there will be fall down. Don't imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. That is not possible. You must work.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.13.11 -- Geneva, June 2, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We are traveling all over the world, spending so much money, jet plane, and this plane, just to push Kṛṣṇa consciousness as much as possible. This is renunciation, not that sitting one place doing nothing and become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Then there will be fall down. Don't imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. That is not possible. You must work.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSBExcerptNewYorkMarch71975_26" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="295" link="Lecture on SB Excerpt -- New York, March 7, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB Excerpt -- New York, March 7, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB Excerpt -- New York, March 7, 1975|Lecture on SB Excerpt -- New York, March 7, 1975]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Devotee (3): How can one rid oneself of sex desire if one continues to chant, continuously chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, and is still being plagued by desire for sex?</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa seriously. The examples are there. Therefore Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, and some envious person engaged some very beautiful prostitute to drag him. But she failed. Chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa is so strong. At mid of night beautiful prostitute, young, she went to entice him. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, "That's all right. Your proposal is very nice. Please sit down. Let me finish my rounds." (laughter) So she sat down, and morning, there was morning. So Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, "My dear girl, I am very sorry. I could not finish. So this night we shall finish." In this way, after three nights, the prostitute fell down on his feets, "Sir, I came with this purpose. I was induced by such and such person. So I am offender. Please excuse me and give me your favor." So Haridāsa said, "Yes, I knew that. But because you came to me, I wanted to do something good for you. And therefore I stayed here for three nights just to convert you. Now you are so lucky. So whatever you have got, you distribute it to the brāhmaṇas, and you take one cloth and sit down here before the Tulasī tree and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa."</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB11611LosAngelesJanuary81974_27" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="327" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Vaiṣṇava does not mean he cannot do anything else except chanting. That is, of course, the supreme objective, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 7.5.23-24|SB 7.5.23]]), to hear about Viṣṇu and chant about Kṛṣṇa. That is very experienced life, experienced Vaiṣṇava. He can concentrate chanting. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting. But Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself, Nityānanda Prabhu, they were preaching.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB11611LosAngelesJanuary81974_28" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="327" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.11 -- Los Angeles, January 8, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">A devotee accepts something. That we shall accept. And śāstra, not only devotee accepts, but it is confirmed in the śāstra, in the revealed scripture. Sādhu-śāstra. And guru. And guru also will say, "Yes, it is all right." So Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is accepted by sādhus like Advaita Ācārya, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, in His own... They are sādhus, accepted. And śāstra also says. In Mahābhārata, in Śrīmad-Bhāgavata, in the Upaniṣads, Purāṇas, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's name and activities are mentioned.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB11624HawaiiJanuary201974_29" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="342" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.24 -- Hawaii, January 20, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.24 -- Hawaii, January 20, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.24 -- Hawaii, January 20, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.24 -- Hawaii, January 20, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, that "Now I shall go in a secluded place and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa." It is not possible, sir. It requires great advancement of spiritual life when one can concentrate in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. It is not so easy.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB11625HawaiiJanuary211974_30" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="344" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.25 -- Hawaii, January 21, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.25 -- Hawaii, January 21, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.25 -- Hawaii, January 21, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.25 -- Hawaii, January 21, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">As Haridāsa Ṭhākura used to do, three hundred..., not impractical. But you, we cannot do that. Even we cannot complete sixteen rounds. We are so unfortunate. But that does not mean because we are unfortunate, we shall give it up. Try, try, try your best. Then life will become perfect.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB1162630HawaiiJanuary231974_31" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="345" link="Lecture on SB 1.16.26-30 -- Hawaii, January 23, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 1.16.26-30 -- Hawaii, January 23, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 1.16.26-30 -- Hawaii, January 23, 1974|Lecture on SB 1.16.26-30 -- Hawaii, January 23, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You'll find in Caitanya-caritāmṛta, discussion between Haridāsa Ṭhākura and a brāhmaṇa. So by chanting, we can come to the highest stage of perfection. In the beginning there may be offenses, but if we try to avoid the offenses, then it is nāmābhāsa. Nāmābhāsa means not actually pure name, but almost pure. Nāmābhāsa, and śuddha-nāma. When one chants śuddha-nāma, name, holy name of God, then he is on the platform of loving platform with Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB2324LosAngelesJune221972_32" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="397" link="Lecture on SB 2.3.24 -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1972" link_text="Lecture on SB 2.3.24 -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 2.3.24 -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1972|Lecture on SB 2.3.24 -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The Gosvāmīs, in Vṛndāvana, they used to chant keeping in numerical strength. They were all liberated persons; still, for teaching us an example, they also used to chant keeping a numerical strength. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he used to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra keeping a numerical strength-300,000 times. 300,000 times. So our prescription is only 25,000. Not 100,000. So it is not very difficult; it takes utmost 2 hours. We can find out, out of 24 hours, 2 hours. We can find out time.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB32220TehranAugust91976_33" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="420" link="Lecture on SB 3.22.20 -- Tehran, August 9, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.22.20 -- Tehran, August 9, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.22.20 -- Tehran, August 9, 1976|Lecture on SB 3.22.20 -- Tehran, August 9, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">By his practical life, He was asking Generally, questions are asked to the superior person, and the superior person answers. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu, although He was superior in everything, He was asking Rāmaṇanda Rāya to answer. He made Haridāsa Ṭhākura—he was Muhammadan by birth—nāmācārya, the ācārya of spreading Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. These are the wonderful activities. Sanātana Gosvāmī, he practically became Muhammadan. Why practically? Absolutely.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32516BombayNovember161974_34" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="438" link="Lecture on SB 3.25.16 -- Bombay, November 16, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.25.16 -- Bombay, November 16, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.25.16 -- Bombay, November 16, 1974|Lecture on SB 3.25.16 -- Bombay, November 16, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Kṛṣṇa is also within the heart, and the dirty things are also there. So..., but Kṛṣṇa helps you cleansing. So it is not completely cleansed, but even it is fifty percent or sixty percent cleansed, naṣṭa-prāyeṣu abhadreṣu... How? Nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā. Regularly hear Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. These two processes recommended by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Chant your rounds regularly. Make a fixed-up... We have fixed up only minimum. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting 300,000 times, and we have made sixteen times.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32520BombayNovember201974_35" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="442" link="Lecture on SB 3.25.20 -- Bombay, November 20, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.25.20 -- Bombay, November 20, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.25.20 -- Bombay, November 20, 1974|Lecture on SB 3.25.20 -- Bombay, November 20, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There is mahātmā. So mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.2|SB 5.5.2]]). If you serve such mahātmā, just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who is always engaged in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa, then your path of liberation is open. And tamo-dvāram āhur yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam. And if you associate with the materialistic persons who are after sense gratification, then your tamo-dvāram... That is the way to the darkness.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32523BombayNovember231974_36" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="445" link="Lecture on SB 3.25.23 -- Bombay, November 23, 1974" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.25.23 -- Bombay, November 23, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.25.23 -- Bombay, November 23, 1974|Lecture on SB 3.25.23 -- Bombay, November 23, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja. So how much suffering he had to undergo, the five-years-old boy, and his father was putting in dangers, sometimes under the feet, leg of the elephant, sometimes throwing from the mountain, sometimes on burning oil, sometimes amongst the snakes, so many ways. But he was silent. Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was a Muhammadan by birth. So he became a very good devotee and always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB3263536BombayJanuary121975_37" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="494" link="Lecture on SB 3.26.35-36 -- Bombay, January 12, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.26.35-36 -- Bombay, January 12, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.26.35-36 -- Bombay, January 12, 1975|Lecture on SB 3.26.35-36 -- Bombay, January 12, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So our, these material pains and pleasure, are felt on account of this sparśa and arrangement of the ether and transformation of ethereal activities. Actually, it has nothing to do with the spirit soul. Spirit soul is untouched by all these thing. It requires simply realization. Great devotees like Bharata Mahārāja or Prahlāda Mahārāja, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, because they were very, very much advanced in spiritual consciousness, these ethereal activities on the external body did not touch them. Even in our Western world, Lord Jesus Christ, he was also crucified, but it did not touch him.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB32818NairobiOctober271975_38" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="506" link="Lecture on SB 3.28.18 -- Nairobi, October 27, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 3.28.18 -- Nairobi, October 27, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 3.28.18 -- Nairobi, October 27, 1975|Lecture on SB 3.28.18 -- Nairobi, October 27, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">By kīrtana it becomes very easy. If you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra twenty-four hours like Haridāsa Ṭhākura... That is not possible. So as much as possible... Tīrtha-yaśasa. Kīrtana, this is also kīrtana. We are talking about Kṛṣṇa, reading about Kṛṣṇa, reading Kṛṣṇa's instruction in the Bhagavad-gītā or reading Kṛṣṇa's glories in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. They are all kīrtana. It is not that simply when we sing with musical instruments, that is kīrtana. No. Anything you talk about Kṛṣṇa, that is kīrtan.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB553VrndavanaOctober251976_39" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="535" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.3 -- Vrndavana, October 25, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.3 -- Vrndavana, October 25, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.3 -- Vrndavana, October 25, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.3 -- Vrndavana, October 25, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Similarly, a mahātmā, he is not well received. He is criticized, insulted, sometimes injured. Still, he wants Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He was so badly treated and still he was thinking, "Father, they do not know what they are doing. Please excuse." This is suhṛdaḥ. He is praying to God This is sādhu, mahātmā. Suhṛdaḥ praśāntā. Not that... In India there are examples like Haridasa Ṭhākura, Prahlāda Mahārāja. And the Western countries also, Lord Jesus Christ, he is śaktyāveśa-avatāra, God's son. And he tolerated so much. These are the examples of mahātmā. Don't misunderstand that we are preaching that mahātmās are only in India. No.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB552122VrndavanaNovember91976_40" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="553" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.21-22 -- Vrndavana, November 9, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.21-22 -- Vrndavana, November 9, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.21-22 -- Vrndavana, November 9, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.21-22 -- Vrndavana, November 9, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He did not go to control the senses, but because he was chanting... He practiced chanting. A beautiful prostitute at dead of night offered her body to be enjoyed. He said, "Yes, I shall satisfy you. Please sit down. Let me finish my chanting." This is kāla-sarpa-paālī proṭkhāta-daṁstrāyate. He was not even agitated. This is the benefit of becoming a favorite servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB5527VrndavanaNovember141976_41" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="558" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.27 -- Vrndavana, November 14, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.27 -- Vrndavana, November 14, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.27 -- Vrndavana, November 14, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.27 -- Vrndavana, November 14, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But the difficulty is that we cannot come to the pure stage of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Due to our past habits our mind is disturbed. We cannot concentrate. Therefore we have fixed up the minimum. We cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. That is not possible. If somebody imitates Haridāsa Ṭhākura... We can see this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa and smoking bidi. We can understand what is the position. The offense is going on. Therefore we should try to avoid the ten kinds of offenses. Of course, in the beginning the offenses will continue. But chanting, chanting, chanting, chanting, as soon as we become purified Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam ([[Vanisource:CC Antya 20.12|CC Antya 20.12]]). By chanting, chanting, chanting repeatedly, when our, the core of heart will be cleansed, ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam, then immediately bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇam, this mahā-vimoha...</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB5532VrndavanaNovember191976_42" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="563" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was beaten in twenty-one bazaars regular with cane because he was Muhammadan, and in those days the Muhammadan kingdom was going on, Pathan ruling. So the Kazi, he saw that one Muhammadan, he has become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. So he called him so, that "With great fortune you became a Muhammadan, and now you are taking to Hinduism? You are so unfortunate?"</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB5532VrndavanaNovember191976_43" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="563" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Haridāsa Ṭhākura was beaten in public market. The idea was that beating, he would die. But he did not die. Then the, I mean to say, men who were given in charge to beat him, they became afraid, that "If this man is not dead, then the Kazi will take us very seriously that we have not beaten him seriously." So they began to flatter him, "Sir, unless you die, we'll be dead. Our life is in great danger." So Haridāsa Ṭhākura made a show of death, and he was brought before the Kazi that "Here, the body is dead."</p> |
| | <p>So sometimes this kind of tribulation are there. Jesus Christ, what was his fault? He was preaching about God, or Kṛṣṇa. That was his fault and he was crucified. So this is the world. This is the world.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB5532VrndavanaNovember191976_44" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="563" link="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.5.32 -- Vrndavana, November 19, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is our position. We are very unfortunate. Every one of us, we are very bad, mandāḥ, bad habits. So it is not possible to imitate Ṛṣabhadeva or Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Don't imitate but try to follow. Anusaraṇa. Anukaraṇa is not good. Anukaraṇa means false imitation. That is called anukaraṇa. And anusaraṇa means to follow. Try to follow as far as possible.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB562VrndavanaNovember241976_45" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="568" link="Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Our mind is not fixed up, very restless. Cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham ([[Vanisource:BG 6.34 (1972)|BG 6.34]]). This is right example. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was competent enough, mukta-puruṣa, but still, he was chanting regularly 300,000 times Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. Even Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that "Now you have become old man. You can reduce the number." Saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau cātyanta-dīnau ca yau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau **. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī especially, he was very strict in the matter of following the regulative principles, Raghunātha dāsa Goswami. He was living in Rādhā-kuṇḍa. He was very rich man's son and practiced very rigidly vairāgya.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB562VrndavanaNovember241976_46" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="568" link="Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.6.2 -- Vrndavana, November 24, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Even Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He's God Himself, but still, to teach us, He was observing the regulative principles of a sannyāsī very, very strictly. These things, to teach us... Similarly, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he's called Brahma-Haridāsa. Sometimes he is called Yavana-Haridāsa. Yavana means Muslim or those who are not in the Vedic principles, yavana, mleccha. Just like we have seen some temples. Our foreign devotees are not allowed because they have got the rules that mlecchas and yavanas, because they are very unclean, they should not be allowed. But that should not be applicable to the devotees of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, because they have learned how to remain clean, how to follow the... At least, they are expected.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB611314NewYorkJuly271971_47" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="606" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.13-14 -- New York, July 27, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.13-14 -- New York, July 27, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.13-14 -- New York, July 27, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.1.13-14 -- New York, July 27, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So Pārvatī, she was sent. She was young girl. And she was worshiping the genital of Lord Śiva. So a young girl, touching the genital, and she's present, but still Lord Śiva was in meditation. So Kālidāsa—here is the example of dhīra. He's called dhīra. In spite of presence of a young girl touching the genital, he's not, I mean to say, disturbed. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You have heard the Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and somebody wanted to cut down. He was young man. So young prostitute was sent at dead of night. And he, she proposed... Haridāsa Ṭhākura 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 Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "I am very sorry. I could not finish my chanting. Please come this night again." 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 Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "I knew that. But because you came to me, therefore I allowed you to come here, three 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 dhīra.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6114BombayNovember101970_48" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="609" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970|Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: This is also Purāṇa says. Especially it is harer nāma ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]), not gupta. That is in the Kali-yuga it should be openly chanted and we have to follow our predecessor, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, nāmācārya.</p> |
| | <p>Guest: (indistinct)</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: (break) When we chant, when we utter the bīja mantra that we utter loudly. That is required. That is japa. So this mantra is mahāmantra and it should be chanted loudly, or as you like. There is no such restriction.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6114BombayNovember101970_50" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="609" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970|Lecture on SB 6.1.14 -- Bombay, November 10, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">When we chant, when we utter the bīja mantra that we utter loudly. That is required. That is japa. So this mantra is mahāmantra and it should be chanted loudly, or as you like. There is no such restriction. Niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ. Nāmnām akāri bahudhā nija-sarva-śaktis tatrārpitā niyamitaḥ smaraṇe na kālaḥ. (Hindi) And we have to follow the great personalities. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was chanting very loudly; Caitanya Mahāprabhu chanted very loudly. So what more evidence you want? My Guru Mahārāja chanted loudly, we are chanting loudly. Whole business finished. (chuckles) Is that all right?</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117DenverJune301975_51" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="619" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Denver, June 30, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Denver, June 30, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Denver, June 30, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Denver, June 30, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So many people will criticize, so many people attack, so many opposing elements, and he has to fight with them. Therefore titikṣavaḥ, toleration. Just like you see, Lord Jesus Christ is so tolerant that he was crucified; still, he did not curse anybody. This is sādhu: titikṣavaḥ, tolerant. The very great example of tolerance, Christ, Jesus Christ. So similarly, Haridāsa Ṭhākura. There are many saintly persons, sādhu, who were very tolerant. So first qualification of sādhu is titikṣavaḥ. Titikṣavaḥ and kāruṇikāḥ: at the same time, kind. These two examples we find in the character of Lord Jesus Christ.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6122ChicagoJuly61975_52" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="632" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.22 -- Chicago, July 6, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.22 -- Chicago, July 6, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.22 -- Chicago, July 6, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.1.22 -- Chicago, July 6, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So everything is possible. But that is advanced spiritual life. It is no use imitating a higher authority, Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Just like he was chanting not sixteen rounds, but 164 rounds. So that is not possible. Gradually, śanaiḥ śanaiḥ, gradually, we have to practice. So, so long we are in this material world, not in the spiritual world, still we have to live very honestly. Then there is hope for raising oneself to the spiritual platform.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6163VrndavanaAugust301975_53" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="696" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.63 -- Vrndavana, August 30, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.63 -- Vrndavana, August 30, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.63 -- Vrndavana, August 30, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.1.63 -- Vrndavana, August 30, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Therefore Kṛṣṇa openly says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]). The Ajamila, he was brāhmaṇa, undoubtedly, but he fell a victim to māyā. But you know the story of Haridāsa. He was young man at that time, and one man instigated a prostitute, young prostitute, to deviate him, but she was unable. On the other hand, the prostitute became a Vaiṣṇavī. This is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee. A nondevotee cannot surpass the stringent laws of material nature. But a devotee can do that because a devotee is not affected by the influence of material nature.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB6167VrndavanaSeptember31975_54" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="699" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.67 -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.67 -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.67 -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.1.67 -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">ust like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. This man was brahminically qualified, but as soon as he saw that a śūdrāṇī and śūdra were engaged in lusty affairs, he fell down. But see the behavior of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Because he was situated on the śuddha-sattva-guṇa and... Although he was young man, one, another young prostitute came to deviate him, and he remained in his position. Rather, he converted the prostitute to become a devotee. This is the difference between sattva-guṇa and śuddha-sattva-guṇa. If you keep yourself on the śuddha-sattva-guṇa, then you will be able to convert others to become devotees. Therefore it is not difficult. It is very easy also.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB621VrndavanaSeptember51975_55" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="702" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.1 -- Vrndavana, September 5, 1975" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.1 -- Vrndavana, September 5, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.1 -- Vrndavana, September 5, 1975|Lecture on SB 6.2.1 -- Vrndavana, September 5, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness meant, not that "I have understood Kṛṣṇa. Now pack it up in the box and see sometimes: 'Oh, I have become Kṛṣṇa conscious.' " My Guru Mahārāja condemned this. He said, mana tumi kisera vaiṣṇava: "My dear mind, you are thinking that you have become a very good Vaiṣṇava and chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and smoking bidi." This imitation has no value. My Guru Mahārāja condemned it. He said, mana tumi kisera vaiṣṇava: "What a rascal you are. You are thinking that you are Vaiṣṇava." Nirjanera ghare... What is that? I forget now. Tava hari-nāma kevala kaitava. Pratiṣṭhāra tare, nirjanera ghare, tava hari-nāma kevala kaitava: "My dear mind, you are very much proud of becoming Vaiṣṇava. In a solitary place you are imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura." Nirjanera ghare, pratiṣṭhāra tare: "Your this solitary chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa means that you want cheap popularity—'Oh, he is chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.' " That is not possible. You cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So by imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura, keeping connection with woman and doing all nonsense, you cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You must work. You must go out for chanting, for preaching. This is the real chanting. Yāre dekha, tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa' upadeśa ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]]). This is wanted, Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Caitanya Mahāprabhu has never said that "You may imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and in a solitary place, 'Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa... Bidi, bidi, bidi.' " Not like that.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB62910AllahabadJanuary151971_56" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="710" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Brahma-vādī means those who are very much fond of Vedic rituals, performances, yajñas. There was an argument, conversation with Haridāsa Ṭhākura and a brāhmaṇa. The Haridāsa Ṭhākura says that offenseless chanting of the holy name of Lord, one not only becomes free, not only he becomes brahma-bhūta ([[Vanisource:SB 4.30.20|SB 4.30.20]]), but his love of Godhead manifests. The dormant love of Godhead manifests and automatically he is liberated.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB62910AllahabadJanuary151971_57" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="710" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.2.9-10 -- Allahabad, January 15, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The dormant love of Godhead manifests and automatically he is liberated. So that brāhmaṇa protested that "Don't exaggerate your chanting in this way. One becomes liberated after performing so much austerities, penances, and you say simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa? This is too much exaggeration." So there was argument, and the argument increased, and there was cursing also, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura was a little bit agitated, and the brāhmaṇa became offender and he suffered. That incidence is described in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6211AllahabadJanuary161971_58" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="711" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.11 -- Allahabad, January 16, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.11 -- Allahabad, January 16, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.11 -- Allahabad, January 16, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.2.11 -- Allahabad, January 16, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Chanting, chanting, chanting... Another... This is one side. Another side is when you become liberated the chanting will give you transcendental pleasure so that you cannot cease. You cannot cease chanting. That is another side. That is liberated stage, just like Rūpa Gosvāmī, Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura but you must make a prescribed form that "I must chant so many times." That is for conditioned soul. When you are liberated, then there is no need of giving you direction. You'll feel transcendental pleasure by chanting. You cannot cease.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB621214AllahabadJanuary171971atKumbhamela_59" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="713" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.12-14 -- Allahabad, January 17, 1971, at Kumbha-mela" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.12-14 -- Allahabad, January 17, 1971, at Kumbha-mela"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.12-14 -- Allahabad, January 17, 1971, at Kumbha-mela|Lecture on SB 6.2.12-14 -- Allahabad, January 17, 1971, at Kumbha-mela]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So the chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, Caitanya Mahāprabhu has said, sadā, kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ, not that two hours or one hours, but one should practice. And that is the recommendation as it was followed by Haridāsa Ṭhākura. But because we cannot do that, therefore we have to engage always in the service of Kṛṣṇa. That will make me remembering Kṛṣṇa. Real fact is how to remember Kṛṣṇa. So this remembering of Kṛṣṇa by Ajāmila was not accidental. He chanted.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB622425GorakhpurFebruary131971_60" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="719" link="Lecture on SB 6.2.24-25 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.2.24-25 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.2.24-25 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.2.24-25 -- Gorakhpur, February 13, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he simply chanted, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. He did not establish any Deity, but he got perfection. There were many others. Just like Parīkṣit Mahārāja. At the last stage of his life he simply concentrated in hearing Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Śravaṇam. So if śravaṇa is perfect, that is sufficient. Any one of the nine items, if it is done perfectly, that is sufficient. Parīkṣit Mahārāja, he did not go to the temple. He sat on the bank of the Ganges, and he was very serious because he knew that "I am going to die within seven days.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6318GorakhpurFebruary111971_61" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="722" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Haridāsa Ṭhākura had enemies. So enemies there will be. Because he has got enemy, therefore it is not that he is kṛṣṇa-bhakta. He is kṛṣṇa-bhakta, even having his enemies, just like Kṛṣṇa, despite having enemies, is Kṛṣṇa. But the difference is that Kṛṣṇa or Kṛṣṇa's bhakta will never be defeated by the enemies. That is the distinction. Enemies may have, but he will never be defeated. God or God's devotee cannot be defeated by the enemies.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6318GorakhpurFebruary111971_62" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="722" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: The whole time, twenty-four hours, was used in Kṛṣṇa consciousness by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra regularly on fixed up, big beads. So we have reduced that to sixteen. But they were chanting... Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting four times sixty-four. That means... Three times sixty-four. So three times sixty-four means?</p> |
| | <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: One hundred and ninety-two.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: One hundred and ninety-two rounds. And we are giving you only for sixteen rounds. We don't ask you to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. But saṅkhyā-pūrvaka... He would not sleep or he would not eat unless he has finished his 192 rounds.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6318GorakhpurFebruary111971_63" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="722" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.18 -- Gorakhpur, February 11, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">If I ask, if you say, "I don't know," that is not the answer. You have to... And how this māyā can be conquered? That is also said. Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te: ([[Vanisource:BG 7.14 (1972)|BG 7.14]]) "Anyone who is fully surrendered, he can conquer the māyā." Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura conquered māyā. She came at dead of night, beautifully dressed, very young girl, and offered herself. But he conquered. "Yes, I shall do. I shall enjoy with you. Please sit down. Let me finish my regular chanting process. Then we shall enjoy." So he conquered māyā. Māyā could not conquer.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB631819GorakhpurFebruary121971_64" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="723" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.18-19 -- Gorakhpur, February 12, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.18-19 -- Gorakhpur, February 12, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.18-19 -- Gorakhpur, February 12, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.18-19 -- Gorakhpur, February 12, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There are many hundreds and thousands of instances—Prahlāda Mahārāja, Haridāsa Ṭhākura... But don't think that a devotee will not have enemies. A devotee may have anything. Oh, he may be attacked by enemies. He may be attacked with severe type of diseases and so many things. But he will be protected. That is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee. A nondevotee is neglected.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB632023GorakhpurFebruary141971_65" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="724" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.20-23 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.20-23 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.20-23 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.20-23 -- Gorakhpur, February 14, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The sahajiyās, they do not know it. They think that "We shall sit in a secluded place and chant, imitating Haridāsa." We have seen it. Their imitation is useless. They fall down. Therefore, they must be always engaged in some activities. Otherwise, he'll be attracted by the modes of ignorance and passion. Etāvatālam agha-nirharaṇāya. Agha means the reaction of sinful activities. Every one of us, anyone who is in this material world, he is sinful.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB632526GorakhpurFebruary181971_66" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="725" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.25-26 -- Gorakhpur, February 18, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.25-26 -- Gorakhpur, February 18, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.25-26 -- Gorakhpur, February 18, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.25-26 -- Gorakhpur, February 18, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But this Mādhavendra's statement is not for the neophyte devotees. We should not imitate Mādhavendra Purī. Mādhavendra Purī was the spiritual master of Īśvara Purī, and Īśvara Purī was the spiritual master of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. So the position of Mādhavendra Purī, the position of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, they are different from our position. We should not imitate, that "Because Mādhavendra Purī gave up everything and simply concentrated his mind in chanting mahā-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, or Haridāsa Ṭhākura, therefore I shall also do that. I shall not rise early in the morning. I shall not take bath. I shall not worship the Deity. Simply I shall..." That is not possible. That is not possible. But actually, if anyone can chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra offenselessly and in devotion and love... There the first thing is love—not force—love, what is called automatically, spontaneous.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB632728GorakhpurFebruary201971_67" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="726" link="Lecture on SB 6.3.27-28 -- Gorakhpur, February 20, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.3.27-28 -- Gorakhpur, February 20, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.3.27-28 -- Gorakhpur, February 20, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.3.27-28 -- Gorakhpur, February 20, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">What is sādhu? Sādhu is not with a tilaka and in a secluded place chanting and not coming out and very, imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura. And as soon as the throat is dry, "Oh, biḍi. Give me biḍi." You see? These imitations are going on. You see. Showing just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but chanting, chanting, the throat becomes dry, and immediately assistance of cigarette or biḍi is required, or a gāñjā, (laughter) still more. What do you think, Muktānanda? Is it not? Did you practice this?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB752230LondonSeptember81971_68" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="728" link="Lecture on SB 7.5.22-30 -- London, September 8, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.5.22-30 -- London, September 8, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.5.22-30 -- London, September 8, 1971|Lecture on SB 7.5.22-30 -- London, September 8, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">If one is devotee, he cannot sit down silently. He wants to preach God's glories to others, even at the risk of life, like Lord Jesus Christ did it. Even at the risk of life, he preached God consciousness. That is the duty of a devotee. Lord Nityānanda did it, Haridāsa Ṭhākura did it. There are many instances; a devotee risked even life for preaching glories of God.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB794MayapurFebruary111976_69" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="788" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.4 -- Mayapur, February 11, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.4 -- Mayapur, February 11, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.4 -- Mayapur, February 11, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.4 -- Mayapur, February 11, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was born in Muhammadan family, but mahā-bhāgavata. There are so many examples. Not that because he was born in a Muhammadan family therefore he cannot. This Marchoism (?) is like that, but actually it is not. Ahaituky apratihatā. Bhakti is so purifying that any condition, any circumstances, one can become devotee.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB795MayapurFebruary251977_70" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="791" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977|Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Immediately we cannot be first-class devotee. We cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. That is not possible. But minimum. Saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ. We have to practice. Certain numerical strength we must maintain. And we have made it, therefore... Some of our so-called devotees, they criticize me that I have limited only sixteen rounds. No, why sixteen rounds? You can make three hundred rounds, but minimum, minimum sixteen rounds, because we are not accustomed to devote much time.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB795MayapurFebruary251977_71" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="791" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977|Lecture on SB 7.9.5 -- Mayapur, February 25, 1977]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My Guru Mahārāja has strictly forbidden, "Don't try to imitate big personalities like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Rūpa Gosvāmī." He used to say, rūpa gosvāmī ke mogha vāñchā (?). Rūpa Gosvāmī, because he used to put on a loin cloth... Tyaktvā tūrṇam aśeṣa-maṇḍala-pati-śreṇīṁ sadā tucchavat bhūtvā dīna-gaṇeśakau karuṇayā kaupīna-kanthā... So it is no use imitating Rūpa Gosvāmī, to imitate the dress, and then, as soon as there is opportunity, smoke bidi. (laughter) Don't do this nonsense.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB798SeattleOctober211968_72" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="797" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Seattle, October 21, 1968" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Seattle, October 21, 1968"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Seattle, October 21, 1968|Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Seattle, October 21, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Don't be disheartened because the police is obstructing, because the people are complaining. They will do that. Just like... Why this police and public? This poor, innocent boy, five years old, because he was chanting, his father became his enemy. His father, what to speak of others. So it is such a thing. In any... You try to trace out the history of the world, you'll find always persons who are for Kṛṣṇa or God, they have been persecuted. Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was caned in twenty-two market places, Prahlāda Mahārāja was tortured by his father. So there may be such things. Of course, Kṛṣṇa will protect us. So don't be afraid. Don't be afraid if somebody tortures us, somebody teases us. We must go on with Kṛṣṇa consciousness without any hesitation, and Kṛṣṇa will give us protect. If you are more tortured, then Kṛṣṇa will appear as Nṛsiṁhadeva and give you all protection. You are all Prahlāda, representative of Prahlāda. You keep your confidence in Kṛṣṇa, and He will give you protection, and go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB798MayapurFebruary281977_73" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="801" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 28, 1977" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 28, 1977"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 28, 1977|Lecture on SB 7.9.8 -- Mayapur, February 28, 1977]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">A Vaiṣṇava thinks like that. Vaiṣṇava, Prahlāda Mahārāja, although he is transcendental, nitya-siddha, he's thinking, identifying himself with his family. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not entering in the Jagannātha temple. The same thing, five hundred years ago they did not allow anyone except Hindus in the Jagannātha temple. The same thing is still going on. But Haridāsa Ṭhākura never by force entered. He thought himself, "Yes, I am low grade person, born in low grade family. Why shall I disturb the pūjārīs and others who are directly engaged with Jagannātha? No, no." Sanātana Gosvāmī, he did not go near the temple gate. He thought himself, "By touching me, the pūjārīs will be impure. Better I shall not go." But Jagannātha Himself was coming to see him daily. This is the position of devotee. Devotee is very humble. But to prove the devotees' quality the Lord takes care of them.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB791113HawaiiMarch241969_74" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="813" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.11-13 -- Hawaii, March 24, 1969" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.11-13 -- Hawaii, March 24, 1969"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.11-13 -- Hawaii, March 24, 1969|Lecture on SB 7.9.11-13 -- Hawaii, March 24, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We are Your enemies." He's taking always himself... This is another sign of devotee. He is not... He is more than the demigod. He has, he's so elevated, but still, he's personifying himself with the atheistic class because he's born in that, from that father. That is humbleness. That is... He's not actually so. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, because he was born in a Muhammadan family, he would go... Caitanya Mahāprabhu transferred Himself to Jagannātha Purī after taking sannyāsa. So he requested Caitanya Mahāprabhu, "My dear Lord, You are going to Jagannātha Purī. What will be my fate?" "Oh, you also come there. You live with Me." So Haridāsa Ṭhākura also went to Jagannātha Purī, but because he was born in a Muhammadan family, the priest class, they would make howling, "How this Muhammadan is entering?" So he never entered the temple. Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him just an apartment where He was living, just by the side.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB7913MontrealAugust211968_75" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="818" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.13 -- Montreal, August 21, 1968" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.13 -- Montreal, August 21, 1968"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.13 -- Montreal, August 21, 1968|Lecture on SB 7.9.13 -- Montreal, August 21, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was so powerful devotee that Lord Caitanya used to come daily at his place. But he was thinking, "Oh, I am born in Muhammadan family, so I cannot enter into Jagannātha temple." Similarly Sanātana Gosvāmī, he was also not entering the temple of Jagannātha. That does not mean that they were lower than somebody else. No. But it is the, I mean to say, general tendency of a devotee that he always thinks that "I am lower than the lowest. Lower than the lowest." Purīṣera kīṭa haite muñi se laghiṣṭha ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 5.205|CC Adi 5.205]]).</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB7947VrndavanaApril21976_76" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="853" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We have discussed many times. Sometimes if you sit down in a secluded place, imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura, then you'll complain, "I am being disturbed in this way." One, that African boy, came? So he became disturbed. You must be disturbed. Because your mind is not controlled, if you sit down to get some extra credit, that "I have become so great devotee. I can remain in a secluded place and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa like Haridāsa Ṭhākura," it is cheating. It is cheating. You cannot do that. You cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He met one beautiful young prostitute at dead of night, and the prostitute offered her body, and he was young man. He simply said, "Very nice proposal. You sit down. Let me finish my Hare Kṛṣṇa." (laughter) So this is not Don't laugh. It is very serious thing. So you cannot do that; I cannot do that. It is not possible.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB7947VrndavanaApril21976_77" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="853" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So we should not imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. But we should... My Guru Mahārāja used to say, man tumi kisera vaiṣṇava. It is mental speculation that "I shall do like that. Raha, I shall... In a secluded place, I shall chant." You cannot do that because your mind is not yet trained up. It is for the highest perfection stage that anywhere one can sit down and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and remain happy. That is not possible for the ordinary stages. Therefore my Guru Mahārāja criticized, man tumi kisera vaisnava. Because it is all mental speculation, therefore he's chastising his mind, "My dear mind, you have become a Vaiṣṇava?" Man tumi kisera vaiṣṇava, pratiṣṭhara tāre nijanera ghare, tava hari-nāma kevala kaitava: "In a secluded place, sitting down, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, for you it is simply to get some material adoration and cheating the people." He has said like that. Don't try to do that. Always be engaged actively in Kṛṣṇa's activities.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonSB7947VrndavanaApril21976_78" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="853" link="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976|Lecture on SB 7.9.47 -- Vrndavana, April 2, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So unless we get that stage, we should not imitate personalities like Haridāsa Ṭhākura and others. We should wait for. That is the ultimate stage. But we should practice and work actively for understanding Kṛṣṇa. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.</p> |
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| | <div id="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Lectures" text="Nectar of Devotion Lectures"><h3>Nectar of Devotion Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober161972_0" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="2" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is the special significance of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement. He accepted Haridāsa Ṭhākura from born in Muhammadan community and He made him the ācārya, namācārya. The, practically Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to glorify the significance of the holy name. He is actually the ācārya, namācārya, but He transferred His namācārya-ship to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement, kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya. It doesn't matter whether he's a brāhmaṇa or a śūdra or anyone, if he's kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, if he knows the science of Kṛṣṇa, then he can be made the spiritual master.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober161972_1" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="2" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 16, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">One who criticizes this action, he does not know the principle of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Caitanya Mahāprabhu's principle is anyone who knows the science of Kṛṣṇa, he can become spiritual master. This is the principle. So from the very beginning, these two Gosvāmīs... They were not in the beginning Gosvāmīs. They were Sākara Mallika, Dabira Khāsa. But they were made Gosvāmīs. And Haridāsa Ṭhākura was made namācārya. Then go on. This is the new edition of Nectar of Devotion.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober241972_2" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="14" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">On the spiritual platform means to understand the Science of Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Spirit. Then if we are conversant with the science of Kṛṣṇa, then anyone who is such enlightened, he is perfect spiritual master. It doesn't matter what he is. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was born in Muhammadan family. Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī, they were rejected from the brāhmaṇa community and they took the Muslim names, Sākara Mallika, Dabira Khāsa. But it is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's preaching that He collected all these exalted personalities. They were associates of Kṛṣṇa, Caitanya Mahāprabhu.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober241972_3" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="14" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 24, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But the universality of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's movement is such that anyone can become Kṛṣṇa conscious, and anyone can accept or be elevated to the exalted post of gosvāmī, namācārya. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura was made the Namācārya. And Sanātana Gosvāmī, Rūpa Gosvāmī, although rejected by the brāhmaṇa community, they were the exalted Gosvāmīs, six Gosvāmīs.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober301972_4" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="27" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Ābhāsa means just like before sunrise, you find the darkness is off, but it is not sunlight. It is different from sunlight, but still, there is the dawn, you can see everything distinctly. Similarly, first there is offensive name and, if you avoid, avoid the ten kinds of offenses, then gradually it becomes nāmābhāsa. And Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura has said, Namācārya, that by nāmābhāsa, one becomes liberated. There was some argument with Haridāsa Ṭhākura and one brāhmaṇa in the office of Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī's father, uncle. So there were some high level talks on this nāmābhāsa. So by nāmābhāsa one becomes liberated. By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra offensive, one becomes materially happy or distressed, but when one comes to the stage of nāmābhāsa, he becomes liberated.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaOctober301972_5" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="27" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, October 30, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Rūpa Gosvāmī: he was chanting. We are also chanting. But we are not in the stage of Rūpa Gosvāmī or Sanātana Gosvāmī and Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Actually, if we come to that stage then there will be Kṛṣṇa-prema, love of Kṛṣṇa. Just like Rūpa Gosvāmī said that "What shall I chant with one tongue and two ears?</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember61972_6" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="34" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">He has got so much power that He can turn a low-grade man into a great Vaiṣṇava. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was born in Muhammadan family, and he was made Nāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura by Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nāmācārya, "the ācārya." Caitanya Mahāprabhu actually appeared for glorifying the holy name of the Lord. Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāma iva kevalam ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]). Kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇam ([[Vanisource:SB 11.5.32|SB 11.5.32]]), always chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu especially incarnated, advented Himself for spreading this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was born in a Muhammadan family, he, he was made the Namācārya, the authority of spreading this holy name. Similarly, Sanātana Gosvāmī, they become Muhammadans.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember61972_7" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="34" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 6, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So a Vaiṣṇava is recommended to take charge of performing sacrifices. Śvādo'pi sadyaḥ savanāya kalpate. So this is the exalted position. Haridāsa Ṭhākura... Actually, this was exemplified by Gadādhara, yes, Advaita Prabhu. Advaita Prabhu happened to be at that time the president of the brāhmaṇa society, very learned scholar and Vaiṣṇava; and He was entrusted to be the president of brāhmaṇa society in Śāntipūra. So when He performed the ritualistic ceremony after the death of His father, funeral ceremony, He offered the first prasādam to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So Haridāsa Ṭhākura was little shy, accepting, that "Advaita Prabhu, You have exalted me in so many ways, but You..." Because according to the smārta-vidhāna, when one is performing the funeral ceremony of his father, the first portion would be offered to the best of the brāhmaṇas. So it was offered to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So Haridāsa Ṭhākura felt little shyness, that "Advaita Prabhu, You love me. That is all right. But You are doing all these things. You may be socially ostracized." So Advaita Prabhu said, "No. By feeding you, I am feeding one crores of best brāhmaṇas. And let any brāhmaṇa come to Me. I shall convince him." That was His statement.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember71972_8" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="35" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 7, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 7, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 7, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 7, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">It is not a sectarian movement, not only for the human being, but also for the animals, birds, beasts, trees, everyone. This discussion was made by Haridāsa Ṭhākura with Lord Caitanya. In that statement, Haridāsa Ṭhākura affirmed it that by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra loudly, the trees, the birds, the beasts—everyone—will be benefited. This is the statement of Namācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura. So when we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra loudly, it is beneficial for everyone. This statement was put forward in Melbourne in the court. The, the court inquired that "Why do you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra loudly in the street?" The reply we gave that "Just to benefit all the people." Actually, it is the fact.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember81972_9" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="36" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Even birds, beasts, insects, they can also awaken. This is the recommendation of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, that if we chant loudly, the trees will hear, the birds will hear, the insect will hear, and they will be liberated. That is the statement of Nāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Therefore chanting of Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra and awakening of dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness is the auspicious activities, welfare activities, for every living entity all over the world.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember81972_10" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="36" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 8, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is also another symptom, restlessness. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person can sit down in one place. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, sitting one place, day and night. There is not a single example in the world that one can sit down, I mean to say, ordinary persons. They cannot. They must be restless. But Kṛṣṇa consciousness is so nice that one can sit down in one place. Of course, it is not to be imitated. It is to be attained. Anywhere. Just like Gosvāmīs. They used to live underneath a tree one night. So these things are possible when one is advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember111972_11" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="39" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 11, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 11, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 11, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 11, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You know the story of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was young man, and the Māyā, and a prostitute, they came, young prostitute, nicely dressed, and proposed her desire. Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, "Yes, please sit down. I shall fulfill your desire. Let me finish my chanting." Just see. At dead of night, a young man, Haridāsa Ṭhākura; in front, there is a beautiful young girl; there is nobody else; and she's proposing. But still, he's steady, chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare. So Cupid cannot pierce.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionVrndavanaNovember131972_12" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="42" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 13, 1972" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 13, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 13, 1972|The Nectar of Devotion -- Vrndavana, November 13, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So the Gosvāmīs used to spend their time by using... Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa... Nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was using his tongue: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. That's all. Very simple thing. But it is difficult also. So gradually... We should not imitate, but follow the footprints of great saintly persons, ācāryas. Then gradually, we shall be practiced. Tādera caraṇa-sevi-bhakta-sane vāsa. This society, Kṛṣṇa consciousness society, is made just to create some devotees so that people, by the association of the devotees and following the footprints of the Gosvāmīs, they'll be automatically elevated to the transcendental platform.</p> |
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| | <div id="TheNectarofDevotionCalcuttaJanuary281973_13" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Devotion_Lectures" book="Lec" index="45" link="The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 28, 1973" link_text="The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 28, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 28, 1973|The Nectar of Devotion -- Calcutta, January 28, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirms, kibā vipra... Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he came from Muhammadan family. Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him the title Nāmācārya, Ācārya. He became, he became the teacher of the science of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Nāmācārya. We, every day, we glorify Haridāsa Ṭhākura: nāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura ki jaya. Why? Because... If you can say, "Oh, he was born in Muhammadan family..." No. So all Caitanya Mahāprabhu's big assistants... Sanātana Gosvāmī, he, Sanātana, Rūpa Gosvāmī, they were practically Muhammadan, because the brāhmaṇa society rejected them.</p> |
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| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Lectures" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures"><h3>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="LectureonCCAdilila12MayapurMarch261975_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="2" link="Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.2 -- Mayapur, March 26, 1975" link_text="Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.2 -- Mayapur, March 26, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.2 -- Mayapur, March 26, 1975|Lecture on CC Adi-lila 1.2 -- Mayapur, March 26, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">When Caitanya Mahāprabhu was sending His devotees to preach and Nityānanda Prabhu was doing that, He used to go with Haridāsa Ṭhākura to preach on the street, home to home. So when they saw there was a big crowd on the street, so Nityānanda Prabhu inquired from the people, "Why there is so many people assembled?" He was informed that "There are two gundas, rogues. They are creating some trouble." The gundas, their business is to create trouble, that's all. Every one of us we know, especially at the present moment in Bengal.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonCCAdilila73947SanFranciscoFebruary11967_1" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="27" link="Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.39-47 -- San Francisco, February 1, 1967" link_text="Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.39-47 -- San Francisco, February 1, 1967"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.39-47 -- San Francisco, February 1, 1967|Lecture on CC Adi-lila 7.39-47 -- San Francisco, February 1, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We should always remember that materially, there may be higher, lower class. There is, always, in every society, in every country. But spiritually there is no such consideration. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's propaganda. He made Haridāsa Ṭhākura—he was a Muhammadan—as the spiritual master for saṅkīrtana, namācārya. And He picked up Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī, who were rejected by the Hindu society, and He made them gosvāmīs. That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's peculiarity.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila209899WashingtonDCJuly41976_2" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="49" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.98-99 -- Washington, D.C., July 4, 1976" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.98-99 -- Washington, D.C., July 4, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.98-99 -- Washington, D.C., July 4, 1976|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.98-99 -- Washington, D.C., July 4, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So now, he's ācārya, Sanātana Gosvāmī, he's ācārya. Ācāryaṁ vijānīyān, māṁ vijānīyāt. Ācāryopāsanam. This is the recommendation of Vedic knowledge. One should worship the ācārya. So Sanātana Gosvāmī was made ācārya. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was made ācārya. Ācārya means one who knows the meaning of śāstra, personally behaves according to the śāstra and teaches his disciple accordingly. He is called ācārya. So Sanātana Gosvāmī is teaching us by his personal behavior how to approach guru. That he's teaching. Tabe sanātana prabhura caraṇe dhariyā. To approach guru the first business is surrender. That is everywhere in the Vedic literature. That is the process.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureonCCMadhyalila20107NewYorkJuly131976_3" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="61" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.107 -- New York, July 13, 1976" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.107 -- New York, July 13, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.107 -- New York, July 13, 1976|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 20.107 -- New York, July 13, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura appeared somewhere in Muhammadan family, Sanātana Gosvāmī was found engaged in government service, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was a zamindar's son. In different places. But actually they appear to fulfill the mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore they are called nitya-siddhas. Just like Arjuna. Arjuna is nitya-siddha friend, eternal friend.</p> |
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| | <div id="Festival_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Lectures" text="Festival Lectures"><h3>Festival Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="HisDivineGraceSrilaBhaktisiddhantaSarasvatiGosvamiPrabhupadasAppearanceDayLectureLosAngelesFebruary71969_0" class="quote" parent="Festival_Lectures" book="Lec" index="42" link="His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Appearance Day, Lecture -- Los Angeles, February 7, 1969" link_text="His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Appearance Day, Lecture -- Los Angeles, February 7, 1969"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Appearance Day, Lecture -- Los Angeles, February 7, 1969|His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada's Appearance Day, Lecture -- Los Angeles, February 7, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Caitanya Mahāprabhu made them Gosvāmī, this Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he belonged to the Muhammadan community. He was made nāmācārya, the principal ācārya of this chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. That is the revolutionary method of Caitanya.</p> |
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| | <div id="Arrival_Addresses_and_Talks" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Lectures" text="Arrival Addresses and Talks"><h3>Arrival Addresses and Talks</h3> |
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| | <div id="ArrivalAddressVrndavanaSeptember31976_0" class="quote" parent="Arrival_Addresses_and_Talks" book="Lec" index="41" link="Arrival Address -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1976" link_text="Arrival Address -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Arrival Address -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1976|Arrival Address -- Vrndavana, September 3, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. You cannot sit idly to show your gorgeousness in a secluded place, imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. No. You have to preach. That is the order of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra ei deśa ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]]). That is really following the Caitanya Mahāprabhu's... Not to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You can... Even you do that very nicely, that is for your safety. Supposing that you are doing nicely, but that is for your safety. But one who is facing dangerous position for others' benefit, they are very quickly recognized by Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div id="Initiation_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Lectures" text="Initiation Lectures"><h3>Initiation Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="InitiationofJayapatakaDasaMontrealJuly241968_0" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="4" link="Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968" link_text="Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968|Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">On that principle in Caitanya Mahāprabhu's life also He accepted many Muhammadans also as His disciples. Just like Ṭhākura Haridāsa, he was born in a Muhammadan family, and He took many Pathans as His disciples when He was coming back from Vṛndāvana. So in this system, disciplic system of Vedic process, there is no restriction. Anyone can come. And this is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā also. Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa says that māṁ hi pārtha vyapāśritya ye 'pi syuḥ pāpa-yonayaḥ. Never mind. Even one is born in a family which is considered to be sinful. Striya śūdrās tathā vaiśya. Even woman, the śūdra, and the mercantile class of men, anyone. Mām... Ye 'nye ca pāpā.</p> |
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| | <div id="InitiationofRukminiDasiMontrealAugust151968_1" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="7" link="Initiation of Rukmini Dasi -- Montreal, August 15, 1968" link_text="Initiation of Rukmini Dasi -- Montreal, August 15, 1968"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation of Rukmini Dasi -- Montreal, August 15, 1968|Initiation of Rukmini Dasi -- Montreal, August 15, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he did not enter Jagannātha temple at Purī. He thought himself, that "I am born in Muhammadan family. These Hindus, they're against any Muhammadans entering the temple. Why shall I go and disturb them? I shall chant here." So Jagannātha Himself was coming daily to him. This is the power of devotee. He hasn't got to go to Jagannātha, but Jagannātha comes to see him. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu used to come daily to Haridāsa Ṭhākura. When He was going to take bath in the sea, so He would first of all enter Haridāsa's cottage: "Haridāsa, what you are doing?" "Yes, my Lord, please come." So this is the position of devotee. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, mad-bhakta-pūjyābhyadhikaḥ. If somebody worships a devotee, that worshipment is more valuable than worshiping Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa says like that.</p> |
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| | <div id="GayatriMantraInitiationBostonMay91968_2" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="22" link="Gayatri Mantra Initiation -- Boston, May 9, 1968" link_text="Gayatri Mantra Initiation -- Boston, May 9, 1968"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Gayatri Mantra Initiation -- Boston, May 9, 1968|Gayatri Mantra Initiation -- Boston, May 9, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is Lord..., especially Lord Caitanya's special benediction. And He has actually performed this thing. Just like Haridāsa Ṭhākura. He happened to be born in a Muhammadan family, and Lord Caitanya made him the ācārya, nāmācārya, the authority of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, nāmācārya, by His grace. This Sanātana Gosvāmī and Rūpa Gosvāmī were rejected from brāhmaṇa society because they engaged themselves as ministers in the Muslim government.</p> |
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| | <div id="SannyasaInitiationMayapurMarch161976_3" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="63" link="Sannyasa Initiation -- Mayapur, March 16, 1976" link_text="Sannyasa Initiation -- Mayapur, March 16, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Sannyasa Initiation -- Mayapur, March 16, 1976|Sannyasa Initiation -- Mayapur, March 16, 1976]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Caitanya Mahāprabhu is for everyone. Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Haridāsa Ṭhākura as His chief disciple. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was born in a Muhammadan family, and his mission was to introduce this Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanting. Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāma iva kevalam, kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva... ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 17.21|CC Adi 17.21]]).</p> |
| | <p>Devotees: Nāsty eva gatir anyathā.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: And He made Haridāsa Ṭhākura Namācārya, the ācārya to introduce Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura was chanting three lakhs, counting daily. That means the whole day and night. So, so nice movement, everyone should take part in it and dedicate to the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. And it is not at all difficult. It is very easy.</p> |
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| | <div id="InitiationLectureHyderabadAugust221976_4" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="68" link="Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976" link_text="Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976|Initiation Lecture -- Hyderabad, August 22, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So voluntarily we should give up these sinful activities. Then spiritual advancement of life will be very quick. And those who are being first-initiated, they must chant at least sixteen rounds. Saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ. The Gosvāmīs, they showed us the way. Saṅkhyā-pūrvaka. So many rounds we must chant, at least. Haridas Ṭhākura was chanting three hundred thousand times. We cannot do that. That is not possible. So we have made a minimum, sixteen rounds. So those who are being initiated, they must chant at least sixteen rounds. If they can increase, it is better. But not less than that.</p> |
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| | <div id="Wedding_Ceremonies" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Lectures" text="Wedding Ceremonies"><h3>Wedding Ceremonies</h3> |
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| | <div id="InitiationofSriCaitanyadasaandWeddingofPradyumnaandArundhatiColumbusMay141969_0" class="quote" parent="Wedding_Ceremonies" book="Lec" index="4" link="Initiation of Sri-Caitanya dasa and Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhati -- Columbus, May 14, 1969" link_text="Initiation of Sri-Caitanya dasa and Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhati -- Columbus, May 14, 1969"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation of Sri-Caitanya dasa and Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhati -- Columbus, May 14, 1969|Initiation of Sri-Caitanya dasa and Wedding of Pradyumna and Arundhati -- Columbus, May 14, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">And you have many instances in your, this part of the world. Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified, but still, he remained steady in his position. Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was Muhammadan. When he took up this Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the Muhammadan government chastised him like anything. He remained steady. So these religious persecution, this and that, that is the history of the whole world. But if one sticks to the position of becoming pure devotee of the Lord, he has nothing to be afraid of. He will be steady, and he will prosecute his business steadily. Kṛṣṇa will help him. There is no doubt about it.</p> |
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| | <div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3> |
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| | <div id="PandalLectureNovember141971Delhi_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="97" link="Pandal Lecture -- November 14, 1971, Delhi" link_text="Pandal Lecture -- November 14, 1971, Delhi"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Pandal Lecture -- November 14, 1971, Delhi|Pandal Lecture -- November 14, 1971, Delhi]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This Hiraṇyakaśipu father tortured Prahlāda Mahārāja in so many ways, but he tolerated. He tolerated. There are many other examples. Lord Jesus Christ, he was crucified. The only fault was that he was preaching God consciousness. Ṭhākura Haridāsa, he was Muhammadan, but he took to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and the Kazi... At that time, there was Muhammadan government. The Kazi called him, "Oh, you are so fortunate, you have taken your birth in Muhammadan family and you are chanting Hindu God's name?" So he replied, "Sir, what is the fault there? Some of the Hindus also take to Muhammadan religion.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureJakartaFebruary271973_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="132" link="Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973" link_text="Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973|Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He was killed, but he faced... Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he was so much (indistinct), he was a Muhammadan, and he was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. The Muhammadan magistrate called him, "Why you are chanting this Hindu Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra?" Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "Sir, what is the wrong there? Just (indistinct) Hindus they have also become Muhammadans, so suppose I have become a Hindu. So what is the wrong there?" "Oh, you are talking before me? (indistinct) ...kill." He was ordered to be killed in twenty-two bazaars, because he was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa.</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureJakartaFebruary271973_2" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="132" link="Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973" link_text="Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973|Lecture -- Jakarta, February 27, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Just see the foolish propaganda. In India they manufactured a film, so much propaganda against this movement. We have to meet such enemies. What can be done? This is the nature of this world. As soon as you have become a sādhu, a devotee of the Lord, you create so many enemies—Communists, materialists—but we don't care. Just like Prahlāda Mahārāja didn't care, even his father was so (indistinct). Haridāsa Ṭhākura did not care. So therefore those who are preaching Kṛṣṇa consciousness... Just like all kinds of impediments.</p> |
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| | <div id="SundayFeastLectureAtlantaMarch21975_3" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="154" link="Sunday Feast Lecture -- Atlanta, March 2, 1975" link_text="Sunday Feast Lecture -- Atlanta, March 2, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Sunday Feast Lecture -- Atlanta, March 2, 1975|Sunday Feast Lecture -- Atlanta, March 2, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Practically they became Muhammadan. And in those days many other Muhammadans, they also became this follower of Caitanya cult, especially Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Haridāsa Ṭhākura was born in Muhammadan family. These Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī, they were born in high-class brāhmaṇa family, but on account of their service in the Muhammadan government they were rejected from the brāhmaṇa society. That is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's special mercy, that this Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was actually born in Muhammadan family, he was made nāmācārya. We offer our respect, "Nāmācārya Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura."</p> |
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| | <div id="LectureExcerptLondonJuly251976_4" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="172" link="Lecture Excerpt -- London, July 25, 1976" link_text="Lecture Excerpt -- London, July 25, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- London, July 25, 1976|Lecture Excerpt -- London, July 25, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Prahlāda Mahārāja had to face so many difficulties. They didn't care. So God consciousness means you have to face difficulty but you should not be discouraged. You must go on with your business, and then success is sure.</p> |
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| | <div id="Purports_to_Songs" class="sub_section" sec_index="14" parent="Lectures" text="Purports to Songs"><h3>Purports to Songs</h3> |
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| | <div id="PurporttoBhajahuReManaLosAngelesMay271972_0" class="quote" parent="Purports_to_Songs" book="Lec" index="28" link="Purport to Bhajahu Re Mana -- Los Angeles, May 27, 1972" link_text="Purport to Bhajahu Re Mana -- Los Angeles, May 27, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Purport to Bhajahu Re Mana -- Los Angeles, May 27, 1972|Purport to Bhajahu Re Mana -- Los Angeles, May 27, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So one who takes shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, mahat-padaṁ puṇya-yaśo murāreḥ samāṣritā, for him there is no more danger. Abhaya-caraṇāravinda re. How it is possible to take complete shelter of Kṛṣṇa, which is fearlessness, no anxiety, vaikuṇṭha? Durlabha manava-janama sat-saṅge. This is possible if you associate with devotees. If you think that "Now I have become very much advanced. Now I shall live alone and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, imitating Haridāsa Ṭhākura," this is nonsense. You cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura. You have to associate with devotees. Durlabha manava-janam sat sange. Sat-sange. Satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido ([[Vanisource:SB 3.25.25|SB 3.25.25]]). If you remain with the devotees, then by their association, by talking with them, you'll get real understanding of God consciousness. It is very practical to understand. Just like in material world there are many associations, societies.</p> |
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