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| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="SB6145_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="500" link="SB 6.14.5" link_text="SB 6.14.5"> | | <div id="SB6117_1" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="16" link="SB 6.1.17" link_text="SB 6.1.17"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.1.17|SB 6.1.17, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The mahājanas are those who have taken to the path of devotional service (suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ), for these great personalities are the perfect persons. As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (5.18.12):</p> |
| | :yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā |
| | :sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ |
| | <p>"One who has unflinching devotion to the Personality of Godhead has all the good qualities of the demigods." The less intelligent, however, misunderstand the bhakti path and therefore allege that it is for one who cannot execute ritualistic ceremonies or speculate.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SB6145_2" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_6" book="SB" index="500" link="SB 6.14.5" link_text="SB 6.14.5"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and perfect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, or Kṛṣṇa. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are extremely rare.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and perfect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, or Kṛṣṇa. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are extremely rare.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
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| :paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto | | :paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto |
| :mama bhūta-maheśvaram | | :mama bhūta-maheśvaram |
| :([[Vanisource:BG 9.11|BG 9.11]]) | | :([[Vanisource:BG 9.11 (1972)|BG 9.11]]) |
| <p>"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." When rascals (mūḍhas) see that Kṛṣṇa acts exactly like a human being, they deride the transcendental form of the Lord because they do not know the paraṁ bhāvam, His transcendental form and activities. Such persons are further described in Bhagavad-gītā (9.12) as follows:</p> | | <p>"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." When rascals (mūḍhas) see that Kṛṣṇa acts exactly like a human being, they deride the transcendental form of the Lord because they do not know the paraṁ bhāvam, His transcendental form and activities. Such persons are further described in Bhagavad-gītā (9.12) as follows:</p> |
| :moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo | | :moghāśā mogha-karmāṇo |
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| :siddho yogya-sukhaṁ labhan | | :siddho yogya-sukhaṁ labhan |
| <p>The difference between the siddhas and nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇas is that direct devotees are called nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇas whereas those who perform various types of mystic yoga are called siddhas.</p> | | <p>The difference between the siddhas and nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇas is that direct devotees are called nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇas whereas those who perform various types of mystic yoga are called siddhas.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SB_Canto_7" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 7"><h3>SB Canto 7</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="SB7152_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_7" book="SB" index="618" link="SB 7.15.2" link_text="SB 7.15.2"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 7.15.2|SB 7.15.2, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">Charity, therefore, should be given to the first-class transcendentalist, the devotee, because the śāstras recommend:</p> |
| | :muktānām api siddhānāṁ |
| | :nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ |
| | :sudurlabhaḥ praśāntātmā |
| | :koṭiṣv api mahā-mune |
| | <p>"O great sage, among many millions who are liberated and perfect in knowledge of liberation, one may be a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, or Kṛṣṇa. Such devotees, who are fully peaceful, are extremely rare." ([[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5]]) A Vaiṣṇava is in a higher position than a jñānī, and therefore Advaita Ācārya selected Haridāsa Ṭhākura to be the person to accept His charity.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CC_Madhya-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Madhya-lila"><h3>CC Madhya-lila</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CCMadhya8249_0" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="1652" link="CC Madhya 8.249" link_text="CC Madhya 8.249"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 8.249|CC Madhya 8.249, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then inquired, "Out of all liberated persons, who should be accepted as the greatest?"</p> |
| | <p>Rāmānanda Rāya replied, "He who has love for Kṛṣṇa has attained the topmost liberation."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | <div class="purport text"><p>In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5), it is said:</p> |
| | :muktānām api siddhānāṁ nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ |
| | :su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣv api mahā-mune |
| | <p>"O great sage, of the many millions of liberated persons and of the millions who have attained perfection, he who is a devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa is very, very rare. Indeed, he is the most perfect and peaceful person."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CCMadhya19150_1" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="4389" link="CC Madhya 19.150" link_text="CC Madhya 19.150"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.150|CC Madhya 19.150, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"O great sage, out of many millions of materially liberated people who are free from ignorance, and out of many millions of siddhas who have nearly attained perfection, there is hardly one pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa. Only such a devotee is actually completely satisfied and peaceful."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | <div class="purport text"><p>This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5]]). The nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa, the devotee of Lord Nārāyaṇa, is the only blissful person. One who becomes a nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa is already liberated from material bondage. He already possesses all the perfections of yoga. Unless one comes to the platform of nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa and passes over the platform of bhukti-mukti-siddhi, he cannot be fully satisfied. That is the pure devotional stage.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="CCMadhya2583_2" class="quote" parent="CC_Madhya-lila" book="CC" index="5755" link="CC Madhya 25.83" link_text="CC Madhya 25.83"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Madhya 25.83|CC Madhya 25.83, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">“"O great sage, out of many millions of materially liberated people who are free from ignorance, and out of many millions of siddhas who have nearly attained perfection, there is hardly one pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa. Only such a devotee is actually completely satisfied and peaceful."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | <div class="purport text"><p>This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5]]).</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" class="section" sec_index="3" parent="compilation" text="Other Books by Srila Prabhupada"><h2>Other Books by Srila Prabhupada</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" class="sub_section" sec_index="0" parent="Other_Books_by_Srila_Prabhupada" text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya"><h3>Teachings of Lord Caitanya</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="TLC1_0" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="7" link="TLC 1" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 1|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 1]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Since the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa do not desire anything material, they are the only peaceful persons within this material world. This is confirmed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5):</p> |
| | :muktānām api siddhānāṁ nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ |
| | :su-durlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣv api mahāmune |
| | <p>"O great sage, out of many millions of liberated persons and persons who have achieved success in mystic yoga, it is very rare to find one who is completely devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is therefore filled with peace."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="TLC22_1" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="28" link="TLC 22" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 22"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 22|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 22]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">How a devotee becomes the greatest of all transcendentalists is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (6.14.5): </p> |
| | :muktānām api siddhānāṁ nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇaḥ |
| | :sudurlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣv api mahāmune |
| | <p>"There are many liberated souls and perfected souls, but out of all of them he who is a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is best. Such a devotee of the Supreme Lord is always calm and quiet, and his perfection is very rarely seen, even among millions of persons."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="TLC32_2" class="quote" parent="Teachings_of_Lord_Caitanya" book="OB" index="38" link="TLC 32" link_text="Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 32"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:TLC 32|Teachings of Lord Caitanya, Chapter 32]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Lord Caitanya then asked Rāmānanda Rāya, "Out of many so-called liberated souls, who is actually liberated?" Rāmānanda replied that one who is completely saturated with devotional love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa is to be considered the best of all liberated persons. Similarly, it is stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ([[Vanisource:SB 6.14.5|SB 6.14.5]]) that a devotee of Nārāyaṇa is so rare that only one can be found among millions and millions of liberated people.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB564VrndavanaNovember261976_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="570" link="Lecture on SB 5.6.4 -- Vrndavana, November 26, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 5.6.4 -- Vrndavana, November 26, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 5.6.4 -- Vrndavana, November 26, 1976|Lecture on SB 5.6.4 -- Vrndavana, November 26, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">They are working very hard, karmi. So out of many millions of karmīs, one jñānī... Jñānī means who understands, "What is the use of this karma, fruitive activities?" So out of many jñānīs, one is mukta, liberated. And out of many millions of mukta-koṭiṣv api mahā-mune—one is a bhakta. This is the gradual development.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6114BombayNovember101970_1" 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;">They are not safe. The only safest way is bhakti-mārga.</p> |
| | :sadhrīcīno hy ayaṁ loke |
| | :panthāḥ kṣemo 'kuto-bhayaḥ |
| | :suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra |
| | :nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ |
| | <p>Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ. Those who are devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, automatically they are suśīlāḥ, their characters are very nice, suśīlāḥ. Sādhava, and they are actually saintly persons. Others cannot be accepted because they have got chance of falling down, but those who are devotees, they cannot fall. Kṛṣṇa will protect them. Suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ.</p> |
| | :prāyaścittāni cīrṇāni |
| | :nārāyaṇa-parāṅmukham |
| | :na niṣpunanti rājendra |
| | :surā-kumbham ivāpagāḥ |
| | <p>Prāyaścittāni, the process of atonement or the process of austerity, penance, they are not safe. Kiṁ na nārāyaṇa-parāṅmukham.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6115LondonAugust31971_2" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="610" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- London, August 3, 1971" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- London, August 3, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- London, August 3, 1971|Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- London, August 3, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Well, we think of Bhagavad-gītā first, then others. Bhagavad-gītā says that yoga should be practiced concentrating one's mind on Kṛṣṇa. Mat-parāyaṇaḥ. Vāsudeva-parāyaṇaḥ. Nārāyaṇa parāyaṇaḥ. These words are there. So if yoga practice is performed by concentrating one's mind on Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu, that is first-class yoga, and that is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā, yoginām api sarveṣāṁ mad-gatenāntarātmanā: ([[Vanisource:BG 6.47 (1972)|BG 6.47]]) "Of all yogis, one who is always thinking of Me within the heart, he is first-class yogi." So if you are practicing yoga, we should recommend that you think of Kṛṣṇa within your heart.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117DenverJune301975_3" 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;">Sadhrīcīno hy ayaṁ loke panthāḥ kṣemo 'kuto-bhayaḥ. Our life is to attain the transcendental platform of knowledge. That is our goal of life. Then how it can be done? Suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ. You associate with that cultural institution where there are suśīlāḥ, very well behaved. Now, find out any institution throughout the whole world who are suśīla. You will find here in Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement: no meat-eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication. You won't find anywhere.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117DenverJune301975_4" 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;">Here it is said suśīla, "well behaved," "good character." Suśīlāḥ sādhavaḥ. Sādhavaḥ, character like ideal. You have got ideal, Lord Jesus Christ. Suśīlāḥ sādhavaḥ nārāyaṇa... Why? Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ: because they are devotee of Nārāyaṇa. If you become simply nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa, devotee of Nārāyaṇa or Kṛṣṇa, all good qualities will come to you automatically. All good qualities. Yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ ([[Vanisource:SB 5.18.12|SB 5.18.12]]). Take practical example.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117DenverJune301975_5" 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;">These boys, these girls, how they have become so nice? They are known as "bright-faced." Why? Because nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ: they have taken seriously Kṛṣṇa as the object of worship. So actually if you want happiness within this world, peace, and prosperity, just become Kṛṣṇa conscious. All problems will be solved and you will be happy.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117HonoluluMay171976_6" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="620" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976|Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevaya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevaya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Sixth Canto, Chapter One, verse number seventeen.</p> |
| | :sadhrīcīno hy ayaṁ loke |
| | :panthāḥ kṣemo 'kuto-bhayaḥ |
| | :suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra |
| | :nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ |
| | :([[Vanisource:SB 6.1.17|SB 6.1.17]]) |
| | <p>"The path followed by pure devotees, who are well behaved and fully endowed with the best qualifications, is certainly the most auspicious path in this material world. It is free from fear, and it is authorized by the śāstras."</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonSB6117HonoluluMay171976_7" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="620" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976|Lecture on SB 6.1.17 -- Honolulu, May 17, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That is not possible. Because I am a living being, I am living soul. How can I be desire... (break) ...want to be designationless, then come to the association of such persons who are suśīlāḥ sādhava yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ, persons who are simply interested in serving Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa parāyaṇa means... Parāyaṇa means they're always ready to abide by the orders of Nārāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa... "Those who have taken the path of Nārāyaṇa, devotional service, as their life and soul." They are called nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <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="LectureonCCMadhyalila6154GorakhpurFebruary161971_0" class="quote" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta_Lectures" book="Lec" index="43" link="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.154 -- Gorakhpur, February 16, 1971" link_text="Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.154 -- Gorakhpur, February 16, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.154 -- Gorakhpur, February 16, 1971|Lecture on CC Madhya-lila 6.154 -- Gorakhpur, February 16, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So in this age, how it is possible to become siddha? Mukta api siddhānāṁ koṭiṣv api mahā..., nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa. Nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa is not very easy job. Muktānām api siddhānāṁ koṭiṣv api mahā-mune. But this is the special mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that He is compassionate. Seeing the fallen souls of this age, He is distributing kṛṣṇa-prema so cheaply. What is that? "Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa," that's all. Simply by chanting.</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="LectureVisakhapatnamFebruary181972_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="100" link="Lecture -- Visakhapatnam, February 18, 1972" link_text="Lecture -- Visakhapatnam, February 18, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture -- Visakhapatnam, February 18, 1972|Lecture -- Visakhapatnam, February 18, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That mahātmā which are..., who has accepted Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, su-durlabhaḥ, it is very rare. To become kṛṣṇa-bhakta, koṭi (indistinct). Muktānām api siddhānām, koṭi (indistinct). That is the verdict of the śāstra. And Kṛṣṇa also said it is very, very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa. But Kṛṣṇa Himself as Lord Sri Caitanya, Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu, He is distributing Kṛṣṇa. He is distributing Himself.</p> |
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| | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
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| | <div id="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1977 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1977 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
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| | <div id="RoomConversationJanuary81977Bombay_0" class="quote" parent="1977_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="16" link="Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay" link_text="Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay|Room Conversation -- January 8, 1977, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: ...parāyanaḥ sudurlabhaḥ praśāntātmā koṭiṣv api mahā-mune. "O great sage, out of many millions of materially liberated people who are free from ignorance, and out of many millions of siddhas who have merely attained perfection, there's hardly one pure devotee of Nārāyaṇa. Only such a devotee is actually completely satisfied and peaceful."</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: This is devotee. It is not so easy. But we are giving chance to everyone to come to that position. This is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But otherwise it is very, very... Muktānām. It begins from the mukta, liberated. Liberated means no more material anxiety.</p> |
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