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These European and American boys, unless there was Krsna consciousness dormant, how it could be invoked? It is not sentiment. It was there. Our business was just to arouse

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"these European and American boys, unless there was Kṛṣṇa consciousness dormant, how it could be invoked? It is not sentiment. It was there. Our business was to . . . just to arouse"

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Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha. Our only business is how to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. How to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That can be done simply by the mercy of sādhu. Therefore sādhus' business is go from door to door and enlighten them. Mahad-vicalanaṁ nṟṇāṁ gṛhiṇāṁ dīna-cetasām (SB 10.8.4). The sādhu's business is that he goes from door to door and tries to invoke Kṛṣṇa consciousness, dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In everyone's heart there is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is in a sleeping state. Just like these European and American boys, unless there was Kṛṣṇa consciousness dormant, how it could be invoked? It is not sentiment. It was there. Our business was to . . . just to arouse. Śravaṇādi-śuddha-citta koro ei udaya.

Suppose I am in this good apartment, say for six months, and next if I cannot pay the rent, I have no means, then I go, what is called? Jhopri (slum)? Eh? There are jhopris also in Bombay. So, not that because one is in Bombay, he is always in the skyscraper. He may be in jhopri also. So everyone wants. So this is going on . . . (indistinct) . . . narake: sometimes in the heavenly planet, sometimes in the hellish planet, this is going on. But this business is not good. Na sādhu manye. Even if you get the body of the heavenly planet, what you get? There is also janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi (BG 13.9). You have to die there. Even Brahmā dies. Ābrahma-bhuvanāl lokāḥ punar āvartino 'rjuna (BG 8.16).

So this is the process going on. Therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, sādhu-śāstra-kṛpāya yadi kṛṣṇonmukha. Our only business is how to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. How to become Kṛṣṇa conscious. That can be done simply by the mercy of sādhu. Therefore sādhus' business is go from door to door and enlighten them. Mahad-vicalanaṁ nṟṇāṁ gṛhiṇāṁ dīna-cetasām (SB 10.8.4). The sādhu's business is that he goes from door to door and tries to invoke Kṛṣṇa consciousness, dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

In everyone's heart there is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. It is in a sleeping state. Just like these European and American boys, unless there was Kṛṣṇa consciousness dormant, how it could be invoked? It is not sentiment. It was there. Our business was to . . . just to arouse. Śravaṇādi-śuddha-citta koro ei udaya.

Page Title:These European and American boys, unless there was Krsna consciousness dormant, how it could be invoked? It is not sentiment. It was there. Our business was just to arouse
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-05-22, 13:07:06
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1