Todays Srimad-Bhagavatam Class1.2.12 By His Divine Grace Sril Prabhupada "Become Very Eager To See Krsna"

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"Become Very Eager To See Krsna"

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.12

August 5, 1972, Los Angeles

 

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Pradyumna: (leads chanting, etc.)

 

tac chraddadhana munayo

jnana-vairagya-yuktaya

pasyanty atmani catmanam

bhaktya sruta-grhitaya

[sB 1.2.12]

 

"The seriously inquisitive student or sage, well equipped with knowledge

and detachment, realizes that Absolute Truth by rendering devotional service in

terms of what he has heard from the Vedanta-sruti."

 

Prabhupada: (interrupts and corrects one devotee's chanting of the verse:)

We are repeating so that by hearing the sound, you can practice. You should be

attentive. By... (chanting resumes)

 

Very good, thank you. Yes. She has done better than all of you. All right.

(chanting resumes) (Prabhupada interrupts again:) Yes. That's all.

 

So people, they sometimes say, "Can you show me God? Have you seen God?"

These questions sometimes we meet. So the answer is here. Yes, you can see God.

Everyone can see God. I am also seeing God. But there must be the qualification.

Just like God is there... Suppose a motorcar is there, something is wrong there.

Everyone is seeing. But one engineer or mechanic, he sees differently. Therefore

we have to go there. "What is the wrong in this car? It is not running." He

immediately touches some machine part; it runs. So these rascals, they do not

know that "How I can see God if I have not the qualification?" The machine has

gone wrong, I am seeing the machine. And the engineer, the mechanic, he is also

seeing the machine. But his seeing and my seeing is different. He's qualified to

see. Therefore when the machine has gone wrong, immediately he touches some

part, it runs. So if for a machine we require so much qualification, and we want

to see God without any qualification? Just see the fun. Without any

qualification. Rascal, they are so rascal, so fool, that they want to see God

with their nuisance qualification.

 

Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita: naham prakasah sarvasya

yoga-maya-samavrtah: [bg. 7.25] "I am not exposed to everyone. Yogamaya,

yogamaya is covering." So how you can see God? But this rascaldom is going on,

that "Can you show me God? Have you seen God?" God has become just like a

plaything. "Here is God. He is incarnation of God." Na mam duskrtino mudhah

prapadyante naradhamah [bg. 7.15]. They are sinful, rascals, fools, lowest of

the mankind. They inquire like that: "Can you show me God?" What qualification

you have acquired, that you can see God? Here is the qualification. What is

that? Tac chraddadhana munayah. One must be first of all faithful. Faithful.

Sraddadhanah. He must be very much eager to see God, actually. Not that as a

proclivity, frivolous thing, "Can you show me God?" A magic, just like God is a

magic. No. He must be very serious: "Yes, if there is God... We have seen, we

have been informed about God. So I must see."

 

There is a story in this connection. It is very instructive; try to hear.

One professional reciter was reciting about Bhagavata, and he was describing

that Krsna, being very highly decorated with all jewels, He is sent for tending

the cows in the forest.

DEAR MEMBERS,AS TO KEEP IN THE AGREEMENT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP,I

HAD TO STOP HERE,I AM SO SORRY AS THIS IS VERY INTERESTING,

SO If You would Like to Read and Hear the rest of this Class Please go to

 

http://www.prabhupadavani.org/Bhagavatam/text/028.html

 

Where you will be able to hear from the Lotus Lips of Srila Prabhupada,and

you can also read the rest of the Class ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Your Servant Jaya

Kesava dasa

 

Srila Prabhupada said at the end of the class,Hare Krsna. Thank you very

much. Hare Krsna. (devotees offer obeisances) Chant Hare Krsna. (end)

Please take a moment at look at this site, Krsna Consciousness the

Matchless Gifts

 

http://krsnajoe.tripod.com

 

To see how ,Srila Prabhupada,Came From India ,started this worldwide Krsna

Consciousness movement,at the late age of almost 70 years old,and pennyless,on

the order of His Guru,to Spred the Knowledge of Krsna Consciousness, to every

corner of this world,,just like The prediction of Lord Caitanya," that a Great

Devotee,would soon come, and spred the Chanting of The MAHA MANTRA, Hare Krsna,

to every town and village" ,thus Furfilling this Great Prophephcy !

 

Your

Servant,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\

,,,, Jaya Kesava Dasa

 

 

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