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If you simply understand how Krsna takes birth, how He goes away, why does He come, what is His mission, these things, if you can understand, then you are a fit candidate to go back to home

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"If you simply understand how Kṛṣṇa takes birth, how He goes away, why does He come, what is His mission, these things if you can understand, then you are a fit candidate to go back to home"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: Certainly. You read Bhagavad-gītā? Devotee (2): Yes. Prabhupāda: So there is stated, "If you simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa, then you go back to home." Janma karma ca me divyam (BG 4.9). That is stated. If you simply understand how Kṛṣṇa takes birth, how He goes away, why does He come, what is His mission, these things if you can understand, then you are a fit candidate to go back to home. So that is explained everything in the Bhagavad-gītā. You try to understand. Then you are guaranteed. Where is the difficulty? And if you think, "Kṛṣṇa is an ordinary man like us," then finish. They do not understand Kṛṣṇa. (japa) If you simply accept this word faithfully, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti (BG 7.19), "Everything is Kṛṣṇa," then knowledge is perfect.

Devotee (2): . . . follow Kṛṣṇa consciousness very strictly and very seriously like, say, for the rest of our lives, is there a chance that we'll be able to see Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa in this life?

Prabhupāda: Certainly. You read Bhagavad-gītā?

Devotee (2): Yes.

Prabhupāda: So there is stated, "If you simply try to understand Kṛṣṇa, then you go back to home." Janma karma ca me divyam (BG 4.9). That is stated. If you simply understand how Kṛṣṇa takes birth, how He goes away, why does He come, what is His mission, these things if you can understand, then you are a fit candidate to go back to home. So that is explained everything in the Bhagavad-gītā. You try to understand. Then you are guaranteed. Where is the difficulty? And if you think, "Kṛṣṇa is an ordinary man like us," then finish. They do not understand Kṛṣṇa. (japa) If you simply accept this word faithfully, vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti (BG 7.19), "Everything is Kṛṣṇa," then knowledge is perfect.

Devotee (3): Even if we don't understand Kṛṣṇa completely . . . Hare Kṛṣṇa . . . Even if we don't understand Kṛṣṇa completely, if we just . . .

Prabhupāda: This is complete understanding, that "Everything is Kṛṣṇa." That's all. That is a fact. Everything is the energy of Kṛṣṇa. Just like in this material world everyone knows everything is the sunshine. Due to the sunshine, everything is coming. That's a fact. Science . . .

Woman passerby: I've seen your pictures many times in the books.

Prabhupāda: Where?

Woman passerby: I've seen your pictures many times in the books.

Bali-mardana: In your books.

Prabhupāda: Oh, you have got my books?

Woman passerby: That's amazing. For the first time I can see you really.

Gurukṛpa: You have got our books?

Woman passerby: Yes, I have got some at home, and I read some of them too.

Devotee (3): What do you say about the weather or the sun or what . . . You just were talking before she interrupted.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Weather is changing. Weather is changing. Śītoṣṇa, it is called śītoṣṇa. Sometimes it is cold; sometimes it is hot.

Page Title:If you simply understand how Krsna takes birth, how He goes away, why does He come, what is His mission, these things, if you can understand, then you are a fit candidate to go back to home
Compiler:Nabakumar
Created:2022-08-29, 09:13:12
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1