I stay where My pure devotees are chanting My glories. That is Vrindaban.

July 28, 2007

" I stay where My pure devotees are chanting My glories. " That is Vrindaban.

[srila Prabhupada: That has killed the Indian culture. Otherwise there would

have been no necessity of the division of part of India into Pakistan. Not only

that, but from the historical point of view this whole planet was Bharata-varsa,

and it was controlled by one flag up to the time of Maharaja Pariksit. Then it

gradually separated. This is history. Lately they have separated Pakistan. So

Bharata-varsa is now crippled into a small piece of land. Otherwise, according

to Vedic scripture, this whole planet is called Bharata-varsa. Formerly it was

named Ilavrta-varsa. But since Emperor Bharata ruled this planet, it is called

Bharata-varsa. So this culture, Krsna consciousness, was always existent. ]

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[by the grace of Krishna, I am able to serve you with my life's energy. I left

the United States in 1967 in poor health; but life and death-everything-depends

on Krishna. I thought, Let me go back to Vrindaban, because Vrindaban is a

sanctified place where Krishna Consciousness is very strong. I thought that I

might go there and die in Krishna Consciousness. Of course, if you are always in

the atmosphere of Krishna Consciousness, then here also you can have Vrindaban.

Vrindaban is not a particular place that is called Vrindaban. Krishna says, " It

is not that I live in the Kingdom of God, Vaikuntha; nor is it that I live in

the heart of the yogi. " The yogi wants to find out where Krishna is within the

heart. But Krishna says, " I am not in the abode in the spiritual sky, nor am I

in the heart of the yogi. " Then where are You? Krishna says, " I stay where My

pure devotees are chanting My glories. " That is Vrindaban.

So, if that is Vrindaban, then I am there. There is no difference. Wherever

there is electric light, there is electricity. It is naturally understood.

Similarly, wherever there is Krishna Consciousness, it is Vrindaban. We can

create Vrindaban by the mercy of Krishna, if we chant Hare Krishna. Perfect this

Krishna Cosciousness, try to understand the philosophy behind it. It is a

science, not a bluff. We can speak from any angle of vision.]

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