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Sravanam, this is the first step of bhakti. Hear about Krsna from the right source. Otherwise you will be misguided

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"Sravanam, this is the first step of bhakti. Hear about Krsna from the right source. Otherwise you will be misguided"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

You must hear. Śravaṇam, this is the first step of bhakti. Hear about Kṛṣṇa from the right source. Otherwise you will be misguided. Therefore Kṛṣṇa recommends, tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā (BG 4.34). You have to go to a person where you can surrender.

Are arjun khud grihasth tha, aap kyon darte hain. wo koi sanyasi thode hi tha usse bad ke kaun aadmi tha bhagavan ko samjhne ke liye. Arjuna himself was a householder, why are you scared? He was not a renunciant. Who is greater than he to understand the Supreme Lord. He says paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān (BG 10.12). He understands perfectly. There is no question of gṛhastha or sannyāsī. It is the question of understanding. And Arjuna is gṛhastha, politician, fighter, and still he is selected to understand Bhagavad-gītā. So gṛhastha. Hone se dar ka baat to nahi hai. So there is no fear in remaining a householder. In gṛhastha life or sannyāsī. Caitanya Mahāprabhu also says like that, kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya. Aap bengali samjhti hain. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu kehte hain. Do you understand Bengali? Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says, I shall speak in English so that others . . . Kibā vipra, whether one is a brāhmaṇa; kibā śūdra, or whether he is a śūdra; kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya, or whether he is a sannyāsī. That means whether he is a gṛhastha or brāhmaṇa or . . . there are eight varṇāśrama—brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, vaiśya, śūdra, and brahmacārī, gṛhastha, vānaprastha . . . whatever he may be, out of these eight categories.

kibā vipra kibā śūdra nyāsī kene naya
yei kṛṣṇa-tattva-vettā, sei 'guru' haya
(CC Madhya 8.128)

Anyone who understands Kṛṣṇa perfectly, he is guru. Just like Arjuna, he is our guru, but he's a gṛhastha, he's a soldier, he's a kṣatriya. He's neither Brahmin nor sannyāsī nor Vedāntist, nothing of the sort. But he knows Kṛṣṇa; therefore he is guru. So gṛhastha Mane koi dar ka baat nahi hai. krishna ko samajhna chahiye. So householder means nothing is to be scared of, we have to understand Kṛṣṇa.

Indian lady: Iske liye kya pehla kadam hai? What is the first step for this?

Prabhupada: Sunanan chahiye. You must hear. Śravaṇam, this is the first step of bhakti. Hear about Kṛṣṇa from the right source. Otherwise you will be misguided. Therefore Kṛṣṇa recommends, tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā (BG 4.34). You have to go to a person where you can surrender. Jab tak apko ye khayal ayega ki hum zyada samajhte hain tab tak apko milega nahi. As long as you have imagination, that I know everything—then you will not get Him.

Page Title:Sravanam, this is the first step of bhakti. Hear about Krsna from the right source. Otherwise you will be misguided
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-09-12, 14:04:16
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1