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<h3>Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures</h3>
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To understand Kṛṣṇa, God, we require to purify our senses. That is defined by Narada Pancharatra. Being freed from all kinds of designations. Just like we are seeing Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, accepting Kṛṣṇa Consciousness in a vision. And somebody else, ordinary man... Suppose somebody is Christian. He sees Kṛṣṇa Consciousness as a movement of the Hindus. But actually it is not. Therefore, he has to become free from the designation of becoming an American.
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So this ''yoga'' system, ''bhakti-yoga'', how to increase attachment for Kṛṣṇa, is being taught by our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

:''mayy āsakta-manāḥ pārtha''
:''yogaṁ yuñjan mad-āśrayaḥ''
:([[vanisource:BG 7.1 (1972)|BG 7.1]])

In this connection one has to learn this yogic system from Kṛṣṇa directly or from His representative. That is the meaning of ''mad-āśrayaḥ''. One must take shelter either. So at the present moment it is not possible to take shelter of Kṛṣṇa directly; therefore one has to take shelter of His bona fide representative, and there are four parties, or ''sampradāya'', who are Vaiṣṇavas: the Brahma-sampradāya, Rudra-sampradāya, Śrī-sampradāya and Kumāra-sampradāya. So one has to take shelter of either of these ''sampradāya'', disciplic succession, and then learn the ''bhakti-yoga'' system from him. Then he will understand, or he will see, God.

Seeing God is not exactly seeing with the eyes. God's another name is ''anubhāva'': realization, revelation, realization. So that is wanted. That revelation is made by Kṛṣṇa Himself to the bona fide devotee.

:''sevonmukhe hi jihvādau''
:''svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ''
:([[vanisource:CC Madhya 17.136|CC Madhya 17.136]])

Kṛṣṇa, God, reveals Himself. Just like you cannot see the sun in the darkness of night. Sun is there in the sky, but somehow or other, when your planet is on the other side and it is darkness, you cannot see the sun. Not that the sun is not there, but you cannot see. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa is always present before us, but we cannot see Him. Just like Kṛṣṇa, when He was personally present, they were . . . there were so many hundreds and millions of men on the surface of the globe; only few could see Him, that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

So even God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, comes before somebody, it is not possible to see Him. That the seeing process is different. ''Premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena'' (Bs. 5.38). One can see when the eyes are anointed with the ointment of ''bhakti''. When the eyes are cleansed to see God, that is revelation. It is said that a pure devotee is seeing Kṛṣṇa every moment. ''Santaḥ sadaiva. Sadaiva'' means every moment. He is seeing, but that means he is a different person. His senses are purified, electrified, sanctified; therefore he is seeing. And one's eyes, if not sanctified, purified, then he cannot see.

There are so many examples. Just like a machine: A child is seeing, but he cannot see properly. He sees a lump of matter. But an engineer, when he sees, he immediately understands that this machine is made by such and such; it is working for this, a good machine, bad machine, nice. He can see in different way, because he has got the eyes to see. Similarly, to understand Kṛṣṇa, God, we require to purify our senses. That is defined by ''Nārada-pañcarātra'', ''sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 19.170|CC Madhya 19.170]]), being freed from all kinds of designation. Just like we are seeing Kṛṣṇa consciousness, accepting Kṛṣṇa consciousness, in a vision, and somebody else, ordinary man, suppose somebody is a Christian, he sees Kṛṣṇa consciousness as a movement of the Hindus. But actually it is not.

Therefore he has to become free from the designation of becoming an American. ''Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ.'' One should be free from the designation, and this body is a designation. Actually there is no difference between American body and Indian body. The same physiological construction. There, there is blood, there is flesh, there is bone. If you see within the body, there is no difference. But still we have designated, "I am American; you are Indian," "You are black; I am white," "I am this," "I am that." These are all designation. False.