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[[Category:Acarya - Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Rupanuga Devotees of God]]
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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Festival Lectures</h3>
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Every student, any disciple, every disciple, especially those who are competent, he requested that, "You take up this mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and preach in the Western countries." That was Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī's Ṭhākura first attempt. Before that, even the ācāryas, Rūpānuga, Gosvāmīs, they left literature, but they did not attempt to preach practically. And Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he was very, very anxious to preach this Caitanya cult in the Western countries. This is Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's special contribution.
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[[Vanisource:731213 - Lecture Festival Disappearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Los Angeles|731213 - Lecture Festival Disappearance Day, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati - Los Angeles]]
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At the present moment, people do not know what he is even, whether he is this body or something extra. The big, big scientist, they are also failure. This is perfection. First of all one must know what he is, whether he is this body or something beyond this body. This is the beginning of spiritual knowledge. So that advantage is there in India, by culture, by education. Therefore Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested that Indians, bharatiya, Bhārata-varṣa, those who have taken birth as human being . . . he doesn't speak to the animals. Bhārata bhūmīte mānuṣya janma ([[Vanisource:CC Adi 9.41|CC Adi 9.41]]). Mānuṣya janma means human being. Because without being human being, nobody can understand these things. The cats and dogs, they cannot understand. So a person whose behavior is like cats and dogs, he also cannot understand. Therefore He said, janma sārthaka kari: first of all make your life perfect and then distribute this knowledge. This is the Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission.

So He simply said, but He was expecting that in later days His followers would do that. So that attempt was made by Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, he desired, and, that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's message, it should be accepted by East and West equally, and both the Indians and Europeans, Americans, they should dance together in ecstasy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mercy. That was his desire, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. He simply expressed the desire, "When I shall see this happening, that both the Eastern and Western people, they are united on the basis of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's cult and dancing together in ecstasy?" That was his ambition. That was ambition of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and this was the ambition of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. And Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura took up this affair, business, and he wanted first of all.

So every student, any disciple, every disciple, especially those who are competent, he requested that, "You take up this mission of Caitanya Mahāprabhu and preach in the Western countries." That was Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī's Ṭhākura first attempt. Before that, even the ācāryas, Rūpānuga, Gosvāmīs, they left literature, but they did not attempt to preach practically. And Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, he was very, very anxious to preach this Caitanya cult in the Western countries. This is Śrī Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura's special contribution.

So when I met Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura . . . it is a long story, how I met him. One of my friend, he dragged me. (laughing) (laughter) I was at that time Nationalist, and manager in a big chemical factory. My age was about twenty-four years. So one of my friend, he asked me that "There is a nice sādhu, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura. He has come in Calcutta. So let us go and see." So I was reluctant. I thought just like so, "There are so many sādhus. So I am not very much . . ." Because I had very bad experience; not very good. So I said: "Oh, these kind of sādhus, there are many." You'll be glad to know that even my in young age or early age—it was Kṛṣṇa's grace—even amongst my young friends, I was considered the leader. (laughing) (laughter) In my school days, in my college days, in my private friendship, some way or other I became their leader. And one astrologer, sometimes he read my hands. He said in Hindi, kukum chale na. Kukum chale na means, "Your hand speaks that your order will be executed."
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