Therefore svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt. If you have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, try to execute it very seriously, means to follow the rules and regulation and chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Five things. No illicit sex, no gambling, no meat-eating... We don't prohibit sex, but illicit sex is most sinful. Most sinful. Unfortunately, they are so rascals, one sex to another, another sex to another, another sex... That is māyā's illusion, influence. But if you stick to Kṛṣṇa... Mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te (BG 7.14). If you catch up Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet very tightly, then you will not fall down. But if you make a show of so-called brahmacārī, so-called gṛhastha, or so-called sannyāsī, then you will fall down. We are experiencing that. Then you must fall down. Kṛṣṇa will not tolerate a defaulter, a pseudo devotee. Māyā is very strong. Immediately capture him: "Come on. Why you are here? Why you are in this society? Get out." That is Yamarāja's duty. But if you remain in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, Yamarāja will not touch you. Your death is stopped from the point where you begin Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Your death is stopped. Nobody is prepared to die. That is a fact. You may say, I may say, "No, I am not afraid of death." That is another rascaldom. Everyone is afraid of death, and nobody wants to die. That is a fact. But if you are serious about that thing, that "I shall stop my process of death, dying process," then it is Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Seriously means
Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Madhudviṣa: The four regulative principles should be stated.
Prabhupāda: No, that may not be. We know, everyone.
Madhudviṣa: We know it, but does someone else know it?
Prabhupāda: Is it necessary to mention?
Rūpānuga: It's a legal document also.
Bhagavān: Yeah, it should be mentioned.
Prabhupāda: Mentioned? Mention.
Rūpānuga: If it was in parentheses, it would be better for a legal document.
Jayatīrtha: That's not a legal document.
Rūpānuga: It's a legal document. This is a legal document.
Atreya Ṛṣi: "And chanting sixteen rounds very seriously."
Madhudviṣa: Daily.
Atreya Ṛṣi: "Daily."
Madhudviṣa: At least.
Brahmānanda: And free from the offenses.
Haṁsadūta: We have to take some...
Jayatīrtha: Who's chanting free from the offenses?
Prabhupāda: No, no, don't...
Atreya Ṛṣi: "Very seriously" is all I can say.
Prabhupāda: Yes, yes, do that.
Atreya Ṛṣi: I cannot say "free of offenses." Because...
Prabhupāda: "Seriously" means without offense.
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Interviewer: You have said that India should take this movement seriously.
Prabhupāda: Yes.
Interviewer: How do you want India to take this movement?
Prabhupāda: Seriously means that a spiritual movement is India's movement. So if some of our leading men take seriously, then whatever I am doing single-handed... I don't get any support either from the Indian public or from the government. But if they take it seriously, then we can present in more organized way and it will be more successful. So far it is done single-handed.
Interviewer: Do you think there is a necessity to open a ministry of religion?
Prabhupāda: I think so. Because there is a cultural department in the central government but they do not know what is culture. Just see.
Interviewer: What is the difference between God consciousness and Kṛṣṇa consciousness?
Prabhupāda: There is no difference. The same thing. Kṛṣṇa is God. (break)
| Page Title: | Seriously means |
| Compiler: | Rishab |
| Created: | 05 of Mar, 2012 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=2, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 3 |