Early Prabhupada

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EARLY PRABHUPADA

From the Folio Vedabase History Section

VRndAvana Bhajana Written by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in 1958, Published December of that Year in GauDIya Patrika, The Magazine of the GauDIya VedAnta Samiti 1. I am sitting alone in VRndAvana-dhAma In this mood I am getting many realizations. I have my wife, sons, daughters, grandsons, everything, But I have no money so they are a fruitless glory. KRSNa has shown me the naked form of material nature, By his strength it has all become tasteless to me today. yasyAham anugRhNAmi hariSye tad-dhanaM zanaiH "I gradually take away all the wealth of those upon whom I am merciful." How was I able to understand this mercy of the All-merciful? 2. Everyone has abandoned me, seeing me as penniless, Wife, relatives, friends, brothers, everyone. This is misery, but it gives me a laugh. I sit alone and laugh. In this mAyA-saMsAra, whom do I really love? Where have all my loving father and mother gone to now? And where are all my elders, who were my own folk? Who will give me news of them, tell me who? All that is left of this family life is a list of names. 3. Like the froth on the sea water mixes again in the sea, MAyA's saMsAra's play is just like that. No one is mother or father, or personal relative, Just like the sea-foam they remain but a short time, Just as the froth on sea water mixes again in the sea, The body made of five elements meets with destruction. How many bodies does the embodied soul take in this way; His relatives are all simply related to this temporal body. 4. But everyone is your relative, brother? on the spiritual platform. This relationship is not tinged with the smell of mAyA. The Supreme Lord is the soul of everyone, In relation to Him, everyone in the universe is the same. All your relatives, brother! All the billions of jIvas. When seen in relation to KRSNa they are all in harmony. Forgetting KRSNa, the jIva desires for sense gratification, And as a result he is firmly grasped by mAyA. 5. As a result of past activities he takes on different types of body. Absorbed in that dress he remains forgetful of SrI Hari. Therefore mAyA gives him so many kinds of miseries And although he bobs up and down in this ocean of misery, he still thinks that he is happy. Lying on a bed, suffering greatly, having been sick a long time "I am very well today," he says laughing. I get a laugh out of his "feeling very well" This is the way the soul conditioned by mAyA feels "well" 6. How many plans they have to remain "well" But time and time again nature destroys them. daivI hy eSA guNamayI that is the Supreme Lord's mAyA. Try to understand exactly the meaning of their "feeling well"; No one is well in the whole world, but still they are saying In this way mAyA cheats the conditioned soul. But, ignoring that he is being cheated, he remains absorbed in mAyA; And although mAyA kicks him, he will not give up his mistaken conception. 7. Again and again making plans, and again and again they are destroyed. Sometimes he falls on the dry earth and sometimes in the mud. In this way the universe is filled with wandering jIva souls who finally by the grace of Guru and KRSNa get bhakti--the eternal wealth. Gaining that wealth if they can give up all other so-called wealth, Then very easily he crosses over the ocean of saMsAra. There on the other side is unparalled spiritual variegatedness. There he enjoys in eternal happiness and peace. 8. The mad say, "There everything is formless, Without special feature like a kind of nothing." He is actually the storehouse of spiritual tastes--raso vai saH The intelligent knowers of tastes serves him becoming his subordinate SAnta, dAsya, sakhya, vAtsalya are those tastes and The best of all, mAdhurya, is the essence of them all. But in the spiritual world all these tastes are relishable, Whereas the material tastes are just shadow reflections and are all contemptible. 9. One who worships KRSNa is clever But one who worships mAyA is a pauper. Becoming a pauper one engages in temporary pastimes Without knowledge of the true relationships of things he simply becomes bound up in mAyA's knot. Arjuna and Duryodhana both fought in the same war, But Arjuna was the best devotee and Duryodhana died. on one battlefield both dear and detestable One who is intelligent will be able to understand. 10. One who fights the war of life knowing his true relationship, He will remain alive while all others will perish. One who does not know his relationship, and takes up some other path, He will never attain love of god, and his whole life is useless. First understand properly your relationship with KRSNa And then keeping that relationship, go and fight with mAyA. Other than this all the heroes of jJAna and karma Never attained liberation, they were all uncertain. 11. In name only they were great sober and unaffected men, They were all unpeaceful. Desiring liberation, sense gratification or mystic powers, all had uncontrolled senses. The uncontrolled senses don't answer to the potency of yoga. How many yogis and munis there were, and always the senses remained independent. Without service of the master of the senses there can be no sense control. They all return to material activities after a short term of peace. By the process of yoga, no one ever attains sense control. This is explained extensively in the Vedas and PurANas. 12. VizvAmitra sat on the yogic Asana But he desired the pure beauty SakuntalA. In this way the yogis fall down, what to speak of the jJAnIs And the karmIs are all just asses, suffering in all respects. The one to whom KRSNa is merciful and gives His instruction, Becomes equally as fortunate as Arjuna. But one who fights for his own happiness' sake He, like Duryodhana, dies along with his family. 13. One who always fights on behalf of KRSNa, Wealth, power, knowledge are all within his grasp. Understand properly the GItA's message You will attain KRSNa's service and will worship SrI Hari, The devotees are endowed with all qualities, So what are "non-violence" or "freedom from anger" to them? 14. SrI Hari teaches the living entities by means of his devotees, one such helper is PArtha. Arjuna acted just like a conditioned soul Like one bewildered was the PANDava brother Violence to his relatives and then enjoyment of the Kingdom Could this be happiness? Arjuna showed lamentation. This though, was all dehAtma-buddhiH identification with the body one who is a kSatriya gives up such family affection on the battlefield. 15. KRSNa, seeing his illusion, chastised him Therefore Arjuna accepted the position of disciple Becoming a disciple he listened to the Bhagavad-gItA. All his ignorance dissipated as well as his material bondage. His material bondage was cut, but he was not dressed as a sannyAsI. The householders understand the GItA's meaning this way. The perfection of mantras, kariSye vacanaM tava Therefore the war that he fought brought him an increase in fame. 16. The VaiSNavas have no desire, they all chant japa on their beads. So what kind of VaiSNava is this Arjuna in the middle of saMsAra? The VaiSNava freed from duality simply chants japa on his beads, So say those who are eating the mind's bananas. The VaiSNava is without desire, and amicable by nature But he is not a forceless weakling as people foolishly think. In two great Indian wars, two great personalities; Leaders amongst the VaiSNavas and were victorious. 17. Because of desire for the satisfaction of his own senses he would not fight. But he is one who is known by everyone as a VaiSNava. Those who do not see the real VaiSNavas say that a VaiSNava is inactive. But the VaiSNava is always active in the service of the Lord. The lifeless kaniSTha-adhikArIs don't perform any service. For profit adoration and prestige they stay in their lonely place, NityAnanda prabhu, who is worshipable by the VaiSNavas Suffered blows, but still distributed love of God one after the other. 18. Gaura Hari came with the cakra in His hand and gave punishment, After that the VaiSNava haters were subdued. The Lord sets example Himself to teach the jIvas So one who performs nirjana bhajana simply cheats himself. The world has now become full of JagAis and MAdhAis The NityAnanda VaMza has increased its following of disciples. But eating, sleeping, wearing the dress, but remaining unconcerned It is not proper for the VaiSNavas to remain so uncompassionate. 19. SrIla CakravartI ThAkura says in his MAdhurya KaDambinI Just see his conclusion and what is his judgement. Devotional service is causeless and self-manifesting But the Eternally Perfect Substance is always covered over. The madhyama-adhikArI therefore being compassionate Gives mercy to the innocent souls by awakening devotion in them. The Supreme Lord acts according to the will of the VaiSNavas, Therefore by the mercy of the VaiSNavas the bewildered can be awakened. 20. The VaiSNavas can awaken the sleeping world By their mercy the sinful can all become devotees. Therefore they do not perform nirjana bhajana, That is the world cheating process of the kaniSTha-adhikArI All the big big famous vaishnavas were in assembly And Padri Saheb came in to meet them He asked some questions about KRSNa's lIlA in VRndAvana But that association of venerable VaiSNavas was not able to enlighten him as to the real truth. 21. The kaniSTha-adhikArIs do not understand these scriptures In the false pride of being alone they simply hunt for chapatis and dal. Our spiritual master said these are all kaniSTha Now I can understand the truth of what he said. One well versed in the scripture and who has strong faith Is an uttama-adhikArI and can deliver the whole world. He is the deliverer of the most fallen and is famous through the world. Now, save this fallen one and thus become really famed. 22. In the Kali-yuga the jIvas are all fallen and the lowest of mankind. Seeing they do not see the different activities The Supreme Lord Gaurasundara is the most magnanimous And His instructions are all full of nectar. One who has taken his birth in the land of Bharata Should engage in welfare activities according to His instructions. The Supreme Lord's lIlA was to relish mellows in the nirajana But it is not the play of VaiSNavas to imitate these activities. 23. This transcendental service cannot actually be tasted by those who are not VaiSNavas. In the material body one cannot relish this transcendental nectar. One who has the material concept that the body is his self Cannot relish spiritual mellows. But those who have conceptions of the VaiSNavas in terms of birth etc. Are very bold when it comes to relishing the lIlAs of the Lord. Like the clerk in the post office, one caste goswami. The bAbAjIs all pay their obeisances to him a lot. 24. The GosAi ThAkura has false pride in his birth Which NityAnanda Prabhu cut into pieces. I see all these things going on in VRndAvana Therefore I can understand that there is some work to be done here The prAkRta-sahajiyAs all commit adultery Taking someone else's wife they go to relish transcendental lIlA. This is not VRndAvana as always think like this my dear mind Remember the Lotus feet of the six gosvAmIs. 25. The six gosvAmIs came and preached religious life They saved the process of devotional service on the order of Lord Caitanya. They are all eternally perfect associates of the Lord and always remember RAdhA and KRSNa Remembering them all the conditioned souls sins are cleared away But if he tries to imitate them taking on their dress and characteristics He becomes the plaything of mAyA and does not cross over the material ocean Always preach! From jIva's door to door Your life will be successful as a result of your preaching. 26. SrI DayitA dAsa prabhu gave this instruction "Chant Hare KRSNa loudly, this is my initiation: KIrtana is not just drums and karatAlas The sound of kIrtana is not this modern system Anything favourable for devotional service is all MAdhava And the only enjoyer of the three worlds is Yadava MAyA's pride and joy, the radio sound Destroy them all by forceful kIrtana. 27. MAyA's is all these newspapers Preach that throughout the whole world. Sitting alone in your room shouting, you may increase your bile's secretion But in ten million births SrI Hari won't be pleased. SrI Hari is no one's father's property Come out of your cage, stop making objection Everything belongs to SrI Hari and SrI Hari belongs to everyone. Chant the Hare KRSNa mantra loudly By the performance of such saGkIrtana there will come remembrance automatically Then there will be nirjana bhajana manifested in the heart spontaneously.

VyAsa-pUjA Offering to His Divine Grace SrIla BhaktisiddhAnta SarasvatI GosvAmI MahArAja by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupAda (1961) VAISISTYASTAKAM First Vaisistya 1. On that day, in pain of separation., oh Lord, I was grief stricken, Unable to tolerate being apart from my spiritual master. 2. On today's auspicious occasion, to offer you worship, I have come With this offering, remembering your lotus feet. 3. MahAprabhu's principal conclusion is that renunciation is prime; Not only that, but it is to be distributed to everyone. 4. The neophytes have no ability to make any solution, But you are a mahA-bhAgavata and you have given us direction. 5. Bewildered by ignorance, what kind of renouncers can they be? They are simply false renouncers, giving up externally. 6. Real renunciation comes from transcendental feelings. Without such feelings, a renouncer is known simply as 'show-bottle'. 7. But there is another show-bottle, with preaching as its purpose: The Lord's sannyAsa, which is the defeat of the impersonalists. 8. Lord Caitanya's teachings are beyond varNAzrama-dharma. They are BhAgavata-dharma and destroy all cheating processes of religion. 9. Performing dry renunciation, preaching will not be successful; 'Yukta-vairagya' is the essence of all Caitanya philosophy. 10. "The sannyAsa I have given you" is for preaching in devotion. The atheistic sense enjoyers are bewildered in understanding. Second Vaisistya 11. The sannyAsIs go and stay in the mountain caves, But you, master, keep your sannyAsIs in marble mansions. 12. To see a sense enjoyer's face is just like drinking poison, But you, master, are giving your darzana here and far away in foreign lands. 13. Mlecchas and yavanas are not allowed to enter Hindu temples, But you, master, make them the chairman and sit them in the assembly. 14. To cross the ocean is not allowed for Hindus, But you send your devotees across the ocean. 15. In Kali-yuga's cities the guru's instructions are "forbidden". But you remain there anyway with your special purpose in mind. 16. The devotees want to go to some lonely place to perform their bhajan alone, But you don't accept this in your judgement. 17. Where there is an increase in the measurement of people, There your preaching work is to be seen. 18. You want to make a student hostel in London, and You explain it must be nicely arranged. 19. In the land of barbarians, a student hostel for preaching 'Hari Katha'! Who can understand all these things? 20. To mitigate all these contradictory ideas is not the trifling Act of an inexpert and inexperienced person. Third Vaisistya 21. If everyone sat down together and carefully considered, Then what nice preaching there could be. 22. After all, that is Prabhupada's command--for all to join together To do this preaching work, merged in your instructions. 23. If you simply imitate, there will be the opposite result, For as long as you try like that, there will be failure. 24. Now all of you are returning here on his order to worship him on his VyAsa-pUjA day-- All together you are engaged in His worship. 25. But a festival of flowers and fruits is not the real worship: One who serves the guru's message really worships him. 26. The service of the message is the real transcendental vibration. Don't be falsely proud, brother; come back to that. 27. KalidAsa Nag, that Master Masay, One day said in the public assembly, 28. That Kali-yuga's mission was killing the whole world And Lord Caitanya's message is locked in a cage. 29. Oh shame! Brother, aren't you at all embarrassed Behaving like businessmen to increase your followers? 30. Our master has said to preach; Let the neophytes go in the temples to do nothing but ring bells. Fourth Vaisistya 31. All these are not our master's preaching methods; These are the things done by the caste goswamis. 32. But just take a look at the miserable condition that's arisen: Everyone has become a sense enjoyer and has abandoned preaching. 33. Now the temple doors also are starting to be locked. Go and preach this BhAgavata-dharma; don't delay any longer. 34. Within this Earth there is another Earth Whose sound is the unequalled penetrating force. 35. (There is a Bengali proverb) "The mullah runs just as far as the mosque" (and no further), But an end to this false preaching today! 36. Up to the borders of the seas, all over the earth., pierce the walls of the universe; All assembled together preach the transcendental vibration. 37. Then our master's worship will be in proper order. Today make your firm promise; give up your political play. 38. On this very day, coming together, make your comment; The five of you together, and decide what must be done. 39. You have become renouncers, my brothers, so renounce everything. But if you renounce the instruction of the spiritual master, what kind of renunciation is that? 40. One who renounces the bona-fide spiritual master, or one who tries to enjoy at the expense of his spiritual master, are both useless. First become the servant of your spiritual master, then you will be able to understand these conclusions. Fifth Vaisistya 41. Because there is only one God, if his wealth increases, A saintly person renounces all such material desires for profit, adoration and prestige. 42. Your gold, my brother, is the source of sense enjoyment. Prabhupada has made this meaningful statement. 43. Give up your riches for preaching: Sit down together and make some special consideration. 44. The Supreme Lord says Himself that, "Everything is Mine along". 45. Prabhupada gave this final instruction. Take care: do this in all respects, completely. 46. Otherwise all your efforts will simply go to waste. Oh saintly ones, beware: afterwards you will repent. 47. Is it really such a difficult task to come together like this? And why does so much have to be said to you? 48. Give up your stubbornness, act for the welfare of others: There is no time to waste! All my brothers, come: this is the most auspicious time to unite. Sixth Vaisistya 49. When will it come to pass that in every room a temple will be established, In every corner of the world. 50. That the high court judge will be a GauDIya VaiSNava, tilaka displayed on his forehead, the glory of all; 51. That a VaiSNava winning votes will be the president of the land, And everywhere this preaching will be extended? 52. The demons loot and plunder the Lord's wealth, While the hapless populace cries, "Alas, alas!" 53. The demons make their plans to cheat the common people, Selling whole-wheat flower at 32 rupees a mound. 54. Opening so many factories, will they fill the people's bellies? Out of hunger, the people will be forced to eat grass and mango pits. 55. A two-paisa thread tied around his neck and a man says he is a brAhmaNa. Just wearing saffron cloth, and a man calls himself a sannyAsI. 56. The householders beg from the sannyAsIs, and the sannyAsIs Have crores of rupees in the bank. 57. Every day the influence of Kali-yuga increases, And the poor souls, being oppressed by the age of Kali, cry in agony. 58. Every day ten thousand cows are slaughtered, And the expert leaders eat untouchable foodstuffs. 59. Men of mudlike intelligence increase day by day, And a husband and wife can dissolve their relationship simply by a word. 60. Everyone has become a witch by the influence of the age. Everyone is unhappy due to the absence of the devotees' mercy. Seventh Vaisistya 61. The VaiSNavas are famous for being sympathetic towards others' suffering, And that fame will be increased by mature preaching. 62. If eternally pure devotional service to Krishna is awakened in every one, Kali will flee of his own accord, crying "Ha! Ha!" 63. MahAprabhu's message is praninam upakaraya Act for the welfare of others. This is the storehouse of happiness both now and after death. 64. So much work has fallen into your hands: Everyone should join together and do something about it. 65. VAsudeva-vipra paid his obeisances to the Lord and said, "Please deliver all the living beings." 66. "Give all their sins to me, who am most fallen, And relinquish all the suffering of the unhappy souls." 67. He was the best VaiSNava, para-duhkha-dukhi, He found no happiness in gratifying his senses. 68. What kind of compassion can the non-devotee show? He simply commits offences with his daridra-nArAyaNa philosophy. 69. The VaiSNava's mercy is scientific. Without the mercy of the Vaisnava, The world is simply insurmountable Maya. 70. If there were a kingdom of ViSNu and VaiSNavas on earth, Then everyone would be happy, say the saintly persons and sages. Eighth Vaisistya 71. Why do people cry for rAma-rAjya? The only cause of such a rAma-rAjya would be a God-centered kingdom. 72. KRSNa sat YudhiSThira on the King's throne And the whole world became full of wealth and fortune as a result of the good qualities of the VaiSNavas. 73. The rivers, streams, trees, fields and hills were all producing abundantly: And the cows were so full of milk that they floated in the abundance. 74. The birds, bcasts and animals were all free of envy: In the VaiSNava kingdom there is perfect saMsAra. 75. The whole world in ecstasy would sing the glories of Hari. Seeing this, the VaiSNavas' heart danced in ecstasy. 76. The use of things without a touch of kRSNa-bhakti Has filled the world with saMsAra. 77. What is more, everyone is searching for peace, Fulfill that desire by your preaching. 78. On this very day, VyAsa-pUjA, get down to business: By your preaching deliver the fallen jIvas. 79. Oh, SrIla PrabhupAda! Show compassion today: This time show real mercy, for you are beyond the illusion of this material world. 80. Whatever independence we have, let it be discarded. The most fallen "Abhay" makes this humble offering today.

His Divine Grace Sree Sreemad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Moharaj the celebrated Acharya (Spiritual Head) of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas spoke the following few lines as His Message just a few days (23rd December, 1936) before His passing away from this mortal world. "I have most probably given many people troubles in the mind. Some of them might have thought about me that I am their enemy because I was obliged to speak the plain truth for service and devotion towards the Absolute Godhead. I have given them all those troubles only for the reason that they may turn their face towards the Personality of Godhead without any desire for gain and with unalloyed devotion. I hope some day or other they may understand me rightly." "I advise all to preach the teachings of Rupa-Raghunath (disciples of Lord Chaitanya) with all energy and resources. Our ultimate goal shall be to become the dust of the lotus feet of Sree Sree Rupa and Raghunath Goswamins. You should all work conjointly under the guidance of your spiritual master with a view to serve the Absolute Knowledge, the Personality of Godhead. You should live somehow or other without any quarrel in this mortal world only for the service of Godhead. Do not please give up the service of Godhead in spite of all dangers, all criticisms and all discomforts. Do not be disappointed for most people in the world do not serve the Personality of Godhead; do not give up your own service which is your everything and all, neither reject the process of chanting and hearing of the transcendental Holy Name of Godhead. You should always chant the transcendental Name of Godhead with patience and forbearance like a tree and humbleness like a straw." "We wish that this mass of our body of flesh and blood may be sacrificed at the altar of preaching the Samkirtan Movement (congregational chanting of the Holy Name of Godhead) propagated by Lord Chaitanya. We are not desirous of becoming a hero of work or a reformer of religion, but our reality may be identified with the dust of the Lotus Feet of Sree Rupa and Raghunath for that is our everything. The flow of the transcendental tide of the attraction of devotion will never be blocked, and you with your all energy shall devote yourself for fulfilling the desire of Sreela Bhakti Vinode Thakur. There are many amongst you who are well qualified and able workers. We have no other desire whatsoever." "There are certainly many difficulties while we are in this mortal world but it is not our business simply to be overwhelmed with those difficulties or to try to overcome them only. We must know even during the duration of our present life, as to what we shall gain after overcoming all those difficulties of life and what shall be the mode of our permanent existence. We must make an adjustment of all things that evoke our love and hatred and for those that we want and do not want. Attachment and detachment of this mortal world will engage us more and more as we become farther and farthest from the Lotus Feet of Sree Krishna. When we are able to transcend the position of attachments and detachments of this mortal world and be attracted with the Holy Name of Godhead, it is then only we can understand the import of the transcendental service of Sree Krishna the Personality of Godhead. At the first instance the subject Krishna is startling and perplexing to us. Every one who is called by the name 'man' is more or less struggling knowingly or unknowingly to eliminate those invading elements what are baffling our conception of eternal need. It is our only duty to enter into the kingdom of eternal need." "We have no love or hatred for any one in this world. All arrangements made in this world are but temporary. There is, therefore, unavoidable necessity for that ultimate need for every one in this world. You should attain the transcendental loving service of the objective, being situated in concerted action for that one aim. Let there be a constant flow of the ideas and thoughts as conceived by Rupa Goswami and His followers. We shall not at any time show our slightest dejection for the seven tongued "Samkirtan" movement. If we have undaunted faith in it we shall then only achieve all perfections. You should all therefore preach with fearlessness and with utmost energy the message of Rupa and Raghunath under the guidance of the followers of Sree Rupa." (Translated from Bengali in the 1944 BTG by editor ACBSP)

Message of Thakur Bhakti Vinode "There is no other way out of this great ocean of Nescience except the unalloyed mercy of the Absolute Godhead. Living entity although superior in nature in comparison to the nature of matter, he is by association dependant and weaker than the material nature. The Absolute Godhead is the creator of all entities, He is the maintainer and deliverer of all entities. The innumerable living entities are infinitesimals and Godhead is Infinite. The infinitesimal living entity is therefore subordinate to the Infinite and as such he is transcendentally the eternal servitor of the Absolute Godhead. The Supreme Spirit Godhead is the ultimate rest of all entities. This material world is a construction of the material energy and the material existence of the living entity is a sort of punishment just like a prisoner. The punishment is due to forgetfulness of Godhead by the living entity. And therefore there is no deliverance of the living entities from the clutches of Nescience save and except by the revival of his sense of Godhead. Those who have forgotten the relation of Godhead are only the prisoners of this Material world and those who have not forgotten Him are the liberated souls. "The conditioned souls who are bound up by the material energy can get rid of prison life by the mercy of Godhead if he prays for it by penance and service. Great Sages and Messiahs of the world have devised various ways and means for this self-realisation of the living entity and all such means can be grouped into three different channels namely good work, knowledge and devotion. "There are many sub-divisions within good works such as the system of four castes of four orders of life, sacrifice, austerity, charity, penance and various such things. And there are scriptures wherein the respective results of all the above mentioned good works are illustrated and explained. If those results are again analysed and scrutinised, we can understand that higher station of life such as one in the Heaven, opulence in this material world, power, deliverance from miseries and diseases or attainment of higher standard of services are the net results of the above good works. And by separating the one of higher standard of services, we can only understand all other results as one of material world. As such all the results pertaining to the material energy which can be attained by the performances of good works, are but temporary and subject to exhaustion. In order of mundane time and space, created by the Material Energy, everything is limited by the laws of Nature. So all these limited acquisitions cannot help us in our attempt to get rid of the conditional life on the contrary the temporary good results of these good works bind us more strongly within the limits of material energy. The ultimate end of attaining higher status of life is to obtain sufficient time for culture and performances of higher duties. The system of the four castes and four orders of life as introduced by the religion of the Hindus, is designed to mould up the character of the respective performers for higher duties and thus to give them ample chance for cultivating spiritual knowledge. If therefore any one who even after obtaining higher standard of life as well as sufficient leisure, does not culture this higher duties namely the cultivation of spiritual knowledge and philosophy, then according to the opinion of Bhagvats, the labour and energy lost in this direction is spent up for nothing. And in most cases it has been found that those who have obtained sufficient rest and comfort after performances of hard labour, have mostly squandered away the valuable time and energy thus obtained in different occupations other than spiritual culture. This fact proves conclusively that good works cannot give any one the ultimate goodness that is freedom from the bondage of conditioned life. "Cultivation of higher spiritual knowledge which discerns the matter from spirit does not also help us in the achievement of the highest goal. By this culture of spiritual life one can realise only one's self, as distinguished from gross matter, and can also understand that the spirit soul is above matter as ignorance of this fact makes him bound to undergo the rigours of conditioned life. This self-realisation may help one for attaining the marginal position between material and spiritual existence but this does not mean actual spiritual life and its spiritual activities without which the spirit soul cannot obtain the highest bliss. This marginal state of life may be called the life of self-satisfaction as distinguished from the life of self-realisation which means engagement in the transcendental activities of the spiritual world. Self-satisfaction without this self-realisation (attachment for spiritual activities) does not bear any substantial fruit. "The quality of spiritual activity is so much attractive that it attracts even the most self-satisfied spiritualists and thus engages them in the spiritual activities as distinguished from the material activities. "Thus the result of good works, when it gives sufficient leisure for the cultivation of spiritual activities and spiritual knowledge it is then and then only that good works or cultivation of spiritual knowledge can be accepted as means to the ultimate goal. Therefore devotional activities only can lead us to the spiritual activities and nothing else. Good works or spiritual knowledge under the guidance of devotional activities can be helpful for spiritual activities but devotional activities even without the help of good works or spiritual knowledge can alone help us in the attainment of spiritual life. "The Personality of Godhead Sree Krishna informed Uddhava that neither good works even without any desire for fruitive action, nor spiritual knowledge, nor the system of caste and creed nor the studies of scriptures, nor penances, nor even renunciation can satisfy Him, as do the devotional activities themselves. (Transformed from Bengali in the 1944 BTG by editor ACBSP) All Glory to Sri Guru and Gauranga

[This message has been edited by gHari (edited 12-29-2001).]

[gHari]

EARLY PRABHUPADA

WORLD PACIFIST AND THE BHAGWAT GITA Meeting with the Governor of Bihar Sri Abhay Charanarvindo Bhaktivedanta who is now at Patna on a cultural and peace mission, met His Excellency the Governor of Bihar on the 18th January and discussed with him on the prime necessity of starting a spiritualising movement without infringing the principles of a secular state. He said that the world pacifists who are now trying to bring in an eternal peace in the world by spiritualism, will do well to understand the difference between spirit and matter. We have heard so many times the pacifists speaking of spiritualism as the basis of world peace and we think it is our duty to say something of spiritualism as we find it in the Bhagwat Gita and as it is practically demonstrated by Lord Chaitanya. Sri Krishna, the author of the great Indian Philosophy Bhagwat Geeta, has elaborately discerned materialism from spiritualism. From Him we can learn that the material nature of which we are now made of, is different from the spiritual nature of which we are(?) actually the parts and parcels. He has stressed most vehemently in the beginning of the Bhagwat Gita that the living entity is eternal and does not annihilate on the annihilation of the outward coverings of the gross body and subtle mind. To understand this we must know it well that the material nature is conducted under three modes namely material goodness, material passion and material ignorance. Matter being completely different from spirit, it will be a mistake on our part to accept material goodness as substitute for spiritualism. The three modes of nature (material) work sometimes jointly and sometimes separately. Prevalence of material goodness is congenial to temporary peaceful atmosphere but we must know it for certain that this sort of material goodness is sure to be disturbed by the other two baser modes. The example of the playing children may be given here. The children while playing together sometimes quarrel with one another and fight. But after fighting for some time when they become tired of such fighting mode, they declare some sort of peace with one another and promise emphatically that thenceforward they shall play with peace and amity and shall cease to hurt one another. We may tell the pacifists of the world that the peaceful atmosphere for which they are now so much anxious, cannot be achieved by the dual process of fighting and peace-making attempt of the children. The goodness of Mahatma Gandhi should not be misunderstood as spiritualism. Gandhi's goodness exhibited as love for all, goodwill for all, tolerance for all and all such good and moral codes are not new to the world. There were institutions all over the world to preach all these pious qualities. Gandhi's success was not therefore due to all these pious wishes only but behind these good qualities was his spiritual strength. If we ignore his spiritual strength exhibited by his actions, mind and intelligence and simply take up outward activities, it will not be possible for us to adopt his means. We cannot accept one half of a thing without spoiling it. Spiritualism, real and scientific can bestow on us eternal peace and happiness but that is not material goodness. The world is tired of fighting tendency as by the actual experience of the two great world wars. The people out of fear of the havocs of the war are now trying to take shelter of Gandhiji's material goodness of nonviolence but that is just like the fighting children's peacemaking attempt. Real spiritualism is transcendental. This transcendental process depends more on realization than on resolution. The other day Dr. P. C. Ghose in the pacifist's meeting said that unless they changed the whole outlook transcended the geographical boundaries and considered all people of the world as one there is very little hope for mankind. This consciousness of oneness is possible by spiritual realization. In the Bhagwat Gita it is said that only the genuine learned person can see equally on a learned Brahmin, a cow, a dog or a Candala as one. We should not only change our outlook on all human being as one but we shall have to change our outlook on all living entities irrespective of the material coverings. The clear conception of changing such outlook is inculcated in the Bhagwat Gita. It is said that the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna is the life-giving force and thus the Universal Father of all living entities and the material nature is the body and mind giving Universal Mother. If we want to change our outlook, therefore, for transcending the geographical as well as corporal boundaries then we have to do that by spiritual process and not by any amount material goodness. This spiritual process only saved India so long from the poison of provincialism and in the absence of that spiritual process India have now began to think in terms of provinces. This cannot be counteracted by any amount of goodness without spiritual activities. Nonviolence is therefore a process of material goodness against the (?) violence. Violence is a product of the modes of passion and ignorance whereas nonviolence is a product of material goodness. Nonviolence and violence are therefore co-relative terms under the modes of the same material nature. Spiritualism is the process of invoking(?) the lost relation with the Universal Father. If we stick to materialism and its different modes of goodness passion and ignorance, it is not possible to attain spiritualism. Lord Chaitanya practically taught all people of this process of spiritualism by His novel and yet original method of chanting the Holy Name of the Lord as is AUM in the Vedas. His philosophy is a combination of monism and dualism simultaneously i.e. He gave the finishing touch to the philosophies of all other previous Acaryas by the exposition of His philosophy of acintya bheda-bheda tattva or inconceivable one and different simultaneously. By this philosophy He actually confirmed the direct teachings of Bhagwat Gita and made it easy and practical for even by the common man without any mundane education. He represented Himself for the mass of uneducated people particularly of the present age although He was personally the most erudite scholar of His time. Spiritual realization through the studies of Vedanta and allied scriptures, is very difficult nowadays. But yet the supreme realization is possible by the transcendental chanting process in this age. That is the recommendations of Lord Chaitanya in accordance with the Vedic principles. Gandhiji in the latter part of his life began this transcendental chanting of the Name of the Lord and his famous chorus singing of RAGHUPATI RAGHAVA RAJA RAMA is quite well known to us. Lord Chaitanya did not put any barrier to any caste, creed or color for joining this transcendental chorus of chanting the Lord's name and he blesses all men to achieve the highest spiritual realization by this simple method. By this method of chanting every one will attain to the plane of pure consciousness. They shall be relieved of the pangs of a mechanical life of repeated birth, death, old age and disease. By this method of realization the supreme life of perfection by realizing God as He is, will usher in. Mahatma Gandhi's preliminary attempt in the following four ways namely:- 1) Daily prayer and Sankirtana meetings followed by the recitation of Bhagwat Gita, 2) Reorganization fo the temple worship movements, 3) Upliftment of the falled people by the 'Harijan' movement. 4) Reorganization of the Caste-system movement, may be taken up immediately by the leaders of India. These movements if systematically carried on will help very much in the spiritualizing process. They can be given a real spiritual shape in accordance with the principles of Bhagwat Gita and other authentic scriptures. And by doing so India's original culture will not only be revived and re-established but also will foster India's indigenous culture in other parts of the world. That will be a sort of cultural conquest of all world by India. By such conquest the people of the world will get relieved of the so-called material prosperity terrorized by atomic bombs. Fragment of an essay explaining the Yoga System. Krishna Consciousness movement is the highest yoga performance by trained devotional yogis. The yoga system, as stated in the standard yoga practice formulas given by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita or what is recommended in the Patanjali yoga practice, is different from the nowadays practice of hatha-yoga as generally understood in the Western countries. Real yoga practice means to control the senses and after such control concentrate the mind on the Narayana Form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna. Lord Krishna is the original Absolute Personality of Godhead and all other Vishnu Forms with four hands decorated with conch, lotus, disk and wheel are plenary expansions of Krishna. In the Bhagavad-gita it is recommended that one should meditate upon the form of the Lord. For pracitsing the concentration of the mind one has to sit down in a secluded place sanctified by sacred atmosphere and yogi should observe the rules and regulation of becoming a Brahmacari who lives strictly a life of self-restraint and celibacy. Nobody can practice yuoga in a congested city and living a life of extravagancy including unrestricted sex indulgence and adultry of the tongue. As we have already stated that yoga practice means controlling the senses, so the beginning of controlling the sense is to control the tongue. You cannot allow the tongue to taste all kins of forbidden food and drink and at the same time improve in the practice of yoga. It is very regretable a fact that many unauthorized and stray so-called yogis came in this country to exploit the leaning of the people for yoga practice. Such unauthorized yogis even dare to say publicly that one can indulge in drinking habit and at the same practice meditation. Five thousand years before Lord Krishna recommended yoga practice to Arjuna but Arjuna flatly expressed his inability to follow the stringent rules and regulation of yoga practice. One should be very practical in every field of activity. One should not waste one's valuable time in practising some gymnastic feats in the name of yoga. Real yoga practice is to search out the four-handed Supersoul within one's heart and see Him perpetually.

RELIGION IS GODLY LIFE No religion of the world is without any connection with God. The principal religions of the world are 1. Hinduism, 2. Islam, 3. Buddhism and 4. Christianity. And all of them have some sort of direct or indirect connection with God. Such religions are made and propagated by God Himself or by His authorised agents. So far Hinduism is concerned and the Bhagavad-gîtR is accepted, all sects and subsects of the Hindu population take up the cause of the Bhagavad-gîtR and it is directly preached by God Himself in the Form of Lord ¸rî K®ß_a. So far Islam is concerned and the Koran is accepted, all Islamic population accept Hazrat Mohammad as the authorised agent of God and the faith is propagated by Him. So far Buddhism is concerned, all the people of the world professing faith in Buddhism obey Lord Buddha as God or the greatest authority. Lord Buddha advented Himself in India and He took up the cause of the poor animals who were being slaughtered unhesitatingly on the plea of Vaidic yajSa and therefore Lord Buddha was compelled to disregard the principles of Vedic sacrifice just to establish the principles of nonviolence. The Hindu scriptures especially the Vaiß_avite literatures of the Vedas accept Lord Buddha as the incarnation of God. It is said that He preached His philosophy amongst those who had practically no faith in the existence of God but by His propaganda such men become faithful to Him and therefore indirectly they accepted God. So far Christianity is concerned, there is open acceptance of God because Lord Jesus declared Himself as the son of God. So all the religions of the world have direct or indirect connection with God and therefore we can take it for acceptance that religion means to learn obedience to the Laws of God as it may be compared with Nationalism means obedience to the laws of the state. Obedience is the first law of discipline. Even in your national life, you may be a member of a great independant nation but that does not mean you have absolute independence and you are able to do anything and everything at your will without the sanction of the state. Similarly in terms of our wider and universal relation we may be all independant individual living beings but our independence is not absolute and we have to depend mostly on the laws of God and in every step of our life we cannot do anything without the sanction of God. There are five causes to effect a definite thing may be good or bad. The first cause is the place where the action has to take place, the second cause is actor or the man who will do the act, the third cause is the instrument by which the action has to be executed, the fourth cause is the endeavor which pushes the actor to do it and above all there is the fifth cause namely God's will and that is the ultimate sanction. However may the other four causes be efficient, if the fifth cause is not favourable the effect cannot take place and therefore in every action the hand of God is there we may or may not appreciate it. The conception of God in every religion is either personal or impersonal. But those who are expert in the science of God have said that God is both personal and impersonal and not He is personal and impersonal but also He is localised. At the ultimate issue God is personal. Impersonal feature of God is the manifestation of His all-pervasiveness and localized function of God is His representation. The king of a state or nowadays the president of a state is always a personal affair. The supreme executive head of a state cannot be impersonal and there is no such example anywhere. The impersonal feature of the king or the president is His all pervasive power in the form of government and the localized representation of the king are executive officers who carry on the orders of the king for maintenance of the state law and order. Similarly, the ultimate authority is God in person and the form of His government through various agencies are His impersonal form and the different representatives for executing the function of God's government are different demigods. According to Hindu conception the actual head of a state, be he the president or the King in person is the representative of God. Therefore the conception of God in all religion is to accept one Ultimate Truth from where everything emanates nevermind personal or impersonal.

Cawnpore 13 July, 1947 Raja Mohendra Pratap World Federation Prem MohaVidyalaya P.O. Vrindaban. Dear Raja Sahib, In continuation of my last post card, I beg to inform you that I have finished the reading of your book Religion of Love. In my opinion the whole thesis is based on the philosophy of pantheism and the approach is made by the services of mankind. Religion of love is the true religious idea but if the approach is made through the service of mankind only, then the process is made imperfect, partial and unscientific. As you say the waves of the creations are the different aspects, why a particular type of waves namely the mankind should be partially selected and offered services and why other types of waves such as the beasts or birds, the plants and the stone shall not be offered a similar type of services? In that case how can you say that the worship of a stone is sinful while a man who is more than a stone shall be considered as the object of love? These are some of the questions that arise out of a critical study of your book. If you so desire I can enter into discussions about it and my opinion is that your approach is partial and unscientific. There is no hesitation to accept the principle of the Religion of Love because the Absolute Truth is, as we have known, Godhead Who is sat, cit and ananda. Without ananda there cannot be any love that is an accepted fact. Your delineation of society, friendship and love among the human beings is based on this ananda portion only but you have avoided the other portions of eternity and cognition of God the Whole Soul. Thus the approach is partial and unscientific. The true religion of love is perfectly inculcated in the Bhagavad-gita. When we speak of love there must be the object of love and the lover too. Here in this world we find that the object of love and the lover both are the cheater and the cheated in their reciprocal dealings. That is our experience. But the ultimate end being one Whole Soul, the dual existence of the object of lover and the loved loses identity. In that case the eternity and cognizibility of the loved and lover vanish at once. In this way there arises many questions which may be put forward to you for further discussions to adjust your ideas of religion. Besides you have not quoted any authority for all your statements. So it is more or less dogmatic. If different men put different dogmatic views about religion and its essentials who is to be accepted and who is not be? Therefore the approach shall be and must be authoritative, scientific and universal. Your delineations do not conform to all these necessary things. That is my main contention. If you have time to discuss on it, I shall be glad to substantiate my contentions as far as possible. My basis of arguments will be Bhagavad-gita which is the most authoritative, scientific and universal. To summarise the conclusions of Bhagavad-gita it may be said that, 1) God is one and everything is in Him and He is in everything. 2) To render transcendental service unto God is to serve everything that be, just like to water the root of the tree is to water the different branches and numerous leaves of the tree or to supply food to the stomach is to vitalize all the senses and the sense organs of the body. 3) The parts are automatically served when the Whole is served but when the parts are served the whole may not be served or not served at all. 4) The parts and the Whole being eternally related, it is the eternal duty of the parts to render service unto the Whole. 5) A recipient of the services of the parts, God's sat-cit-ananda vigraha i.e. the all-attractive Cognizant and all-blissful Personality eternal. He can reveal Himself by His own potency without any help of the external potency called maya in order to be cognizable by the limited potency of the parts and as such He is not only the greatest of all but he is the smallest of all. That is His prerogative. 6) He is better realized when He by His causeless mercy agrees to descend in this mortal world but he He is never realized by the partial speculations of the empiric philosophers however systematic and long-termed it may be. 7) Sri Krishna is the Personality of Godhead and is the Summum Bonum Cause of all Causes proved by fact and figures in the statement of Bhagavad-gita, but He reserves the right of not being exposed to the sensual speculations of the empiric philosophers. 8) One should therefore surrender unto Him if one wants to know Him as He is and that is the real process to approach the Infinite by the infinitesimals. 9) Sri Krishna is easily available by the religion of love i.e. by love and service as conceived by the damsels of Vraja who had practically no education whatsoever and much less any claim for high class birth right. 10) The highest service that can be rendered to the mankind is, therefore, to preach the philosophy and religion of Bhagavad-gita for all the times, all the places and all the people. I hope you may agree with me and thus make a combined effort in this direction for the benefit of the mankind. Yours sincerely, Abhay Charan De

[gHari]

CONSTITUTION OF ASSOCIATION 1. The name of the society is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. 2. The headquarters of the Society are located at Radhakrishna Temple, 26 Second Avenue, New York City, 10003, USA. 3. The objectives for which the Society is being established are: (A) To educate the greater human society in the techniques of spiritual life as the basis for a balanced psychic and biological development, and thereby achieve for the first time in human society a real peace and unity among the contending forces in the world today. (B) To propagate the Sense of Godhead, the all attractive Personality of primal and eternal Form, as He Himself revealed in His own words in the Bhagavad Gita, the Holy Scripture of the Lord Sri Krishna, the Godhead. (C) To bring together individuals in a Society, regardless of nationality and irrespective of creed or caste, in order to develop a nearness to the Godhead and thereby the idea that within the members and humanity-at-large there is an infinitesimal soul-spirit that is part and parcel in quality with the Godhead, and that all life is meant for the satisfaction of said Godhead, the Supreme Soul. (D) To encourage the teachings of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who demonstrated practically the transcendental process of approaching the absolute Personality of Godhead by His acts of congregational chanting of the holy name of God, a process known as Samkirtan. (E) To prove by active work and preaching that Lord Sri Krishna is the only enjoyer of all the outcomes of individual and collective sacrifice, penance, meditation, arts, culture, science, because He is the Supreme Proprietor of the whole universe, eternally apart of Him everyone knows Him as a friend. Real peace can be attained when this is realized, in fact. (F) To assist whenever and wherever possible in the building of a social structure on the real foundation of spiritual progress and establishment of peace and unity between men throughout the world. (G) To attempt to save men individually from the chain of victimization the ongoing trend in modern civilization operates by, in the name of ideologies of false sentiment, so that Man may again be a free soul, to act and live freely with spiritual vision. This is possible by individual spiritual initiation, Diksha, when a man can see everything in Godhead and Godhead in everything. (H) To further toward realization this highest truth as revealed by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and the six Goswamins headed by Srila Rupa and Sanatana Goswamins. (I) To have for its objectives amongst the others four principles which the Goswamins had in view. They are the following: 1. To erect a holy place of transcendental pastimes as well as a place where members of the Lord Sri Krishna can flourish. 2. To propagate all over the world in the form of missionaries the process of devotion, the transcendental service to the Godhead, and to make known that this devotional service is the main function of the human being. 3. In order to accomplish this, to adopt proselytizing methods of peaceful means and to establish a broader society of association for all members, including scholars and admirers, to engage in this service as put forth in the Srimad Bhagwatam. 4. To install, wherever it is possible, the worship and temple of Radhakrishna and that of Sri Chaitanya, and to give facility to everyone to become trained in the modes of Archan or preparatory principles of devotional service. (J) To introduce to the members of the Society and humanity-at-large a simpler and more natural purpose in life by means suitable to the particular place and time, and as enjoined in the Bhagavad Gita. (K) To organize educational programs, such as classes and lecture tours, and to institute services, such as mailing, for the benefit of the members of the Society and humanity-at-large. (L) To publish periodicals, books and/or pamphlets in all important languages in order to reach human society and give an opportunity to same to communicate with the Society. (M) To invoke the quality of goodness particularly in every member of the Society, individually by the process of Diksha and by establishing one in the status of a Brahmin (good and intelligent man) on the basis of truthfulness, knowledge and faith in the transcendental service of the Lord. (N) Among the secondary objectives of the Society, it shall undertake the following activities: 1. To revive the scientific system of social orders of classification based on intelligence, martial spirit, productivity and common assistance, generally known as the four castes with reference to quality and worth for the common cause of world society. 2. To discharge as a matter of course the vitiated system of supremacy of one man over another by false prestige of birthright or vested interests. 3. To popularize the vegetable-grain diet under approved methods in order that full value of protein, carbohydrate, fat and vitamin benefit may be derived therefrom. 4. To discourage intoxicating or addicting habits of all descriptions and dimensions and to expose such persons thus afflicted to approved methods of spiritual realization. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acharya Raymond Marais Michael A. Grant Robert Lefkowitz James S. Greene

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[Puru Das Adhikari]

Thank you very much for this nectar. Who did the translation of the article from the Gaudiya Patrika, and from where you obtained the articles of constitution?

[gHari]

I am pleased that you were here to hear that very wonderful poem, old friend. The two parampara pieces were from a 1944 BTG, and your Srila Prabhupada was the editor who translated them. No information was provided about a poem or Vyasa-puja offering translator; possibly they were written in English.

All the 'EARLY PRABHUPADA' nectar came from the Folio Vedabase History section. These kind devotees somehow have gotten me attached to reading the Vedabase day and night. I thank Krsna for their sincerity in this empty world.

Sea-foam bubble gHari

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[gHari]

Excerpt from Back to Godhead 1956:

Conquering Vice The anchor of sense gratification, which is a stumbling block on the path of progress, is manifested in five different symptoms. They are as follows: (1) Attachment to the material body due to ignorance of spiritual facts. (2) Attachment to our kinsmen on account of bodily relations. (3) Attachment to the land of birth as also to all sorts of material possessions such as house, furniture, estates, property, business papers and all such relative things. (4) Attachment to the holy water without knowing the persons who make it holy. (5) Attachment to material science which always remains a mystery for want of consultation with liberated soul. .............. If we therefore want to diminish the forces of vices such as murdering, pilfering, kidnapping, stealing, cheating, adulteration and so many other minor things, then we must have to become a devotee of the Lord and thereby try to revive our divine forces dormant in every one of us for the purpose of going Back to Godhead. The Sreemad Bhagwat therefore advises us like this: Jasya, Asti, Bhakti, Bhagwati, Akinchana, Sarboi, Gunai, Tatra, Samasate, Sura, Harou, Abhaktasya, Kuta, Mahat, Guna, Mana, Rathena, Asath, Dhabato, Baio. "One who has unflinching devotion in the service of Godhead is certainly qualified with all the good qualities of Gods. But one who is faithless in that matter has no value of his mundane decorations because that would not save him from the path of mental plane where all conditioned soul hover on vicious acts." In the Bhagwat Geeta it is said also like [Bg. 9.30]: Api, Chet, Suderachana, Bhajate, Mam, Ananyabiak, Sadhu, Eba, Sa, Mantbya, Samyak, Vyabasita, Hi, Sa. "Even if a man who is primarily a vicious man, but is a staunchly devotee of Godhead constantly engaged in His service, he must be considered as Sadhu because he is well settled there." A well settled devotee of Godhead cannot continue to be a vicious man because his cent percent engagement in the service of the Lord will make him automatically a saintly person by the Grace of the Supreme. The Supreme Lord, who is living with every individual living being, will act as his Chaitya Guru or the Spiritual Master from within and give him (the devotee) direction so that he may go Back to Godhead. There are thousands and thousands of instructive stories of the nature in the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas which are all supplementary to the Vedas. To be cent percent engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord is the real process of sense-control. Vices are seated on the senses. The different senses of a man are different strategic positions of the enemy Vice which takes us to the miseries of life. The Karmis or the fruitive workers who have been described as the Mudhas or the foolish ignorant, is cent percent engaged in the matter of sense-gratification. Because the citadel of Vices, with its soldiers of the name desire, anger and avarice, is the sense-gratification means to follow the dictation of Mr. Vice. The Jnanis or the mental speculative philosophers are thousand times better than the Karmis because they can understand the real position of sense gratification and try to employ senses in a subtle form restraining the gross activities of the senses. By this action of Mr. Vice becomes surrounded and he is stopped for the time being. The Yogins want to control the senses or make direct attack on Mr. Vice and therefore the Yogins are thousand times better than the Jnanis; the Muktas or the liberated souls are still thousand times better than the Jnanis and Yogins for the Muktas are completely free from the attack of Mr. Vice. And above the Muktas are situated pure Bhaktas who not only drive away Mr. Vice from the citadels of senses but also engage the seat for occupation of the Supreme Lord. The king of the senses is the master Mind. Senses are like the horses while the mind is the coachman who directs the senses. The Bhaktas therefore first of all depose Mr. Vice the Coachman from the seat of Mind and place the lotus feet of Shri Krishna on that coach. When Shri Krishna becomes the coachman of the chariot of Arjuna, there is no more fear of the attack of Mr. Vice called by the name Dhuryodhana. The Bhagwat Geeta is therefore concluded like this [Bg. 18.78]: Jatra, Jogeswara, Krishna, Jatra, Partha, Dhanurdhara, Tatra, Sree, Vijoya, Bhuti, Dhurban, Niti, Mati, Mama. Sree Sanjaya concluded relaying Bhagwat Geeta in the above words. He said "Where there is the master of all energies, Shri Krishna and where there is a Master Devotee like Partha (Sri Arjuna), undoubtedly there are blessings, victories, influences and morality and that is my conclusion." So in order to be victorious completely over the dictates of Mr. Vice and to save ourselves from the sufferings of miseries and ignorance, we have to place the lotus feet of Shri Krishna constantly upon our mind. And doing so we shall be able to speak and write always the transcendental news of the kingdom of God. And in that way we shall be able to engage our hands, legs, eyes, nose, tongue, head etc. all cent percent engaged in the service of the Lord. When these places will be occupied by the Master, there will be no place vacant for accommodating Mr. Vice and that is the easiest process of conquering Vice and replace them with all blessings, victory, influence, and morality. Vice is compared with Mist and the living entity is compared with the Sun. Mist is in fact a creation of the Sun and Sun itself can drive away the Mist. The Sun has to increase the temperature of its heat a little more in order to drive away the Mist and in the similar way the living entity has to increase its spiritual heat in order to drive away the mist of Vice. When the mist is cleared off the Sun is seen in its full fledged flowing beams and in the same way when the Vices are removed the living being is seen in his full fledged purity.

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