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Meditate of Krishna and reside in His space Hare Kṛṣṇa! I am the speaker today. Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya! tuṇḍe tāṇḍavinī ratiṁ vitanute tuṇḍāvalī-labdhaye karṇa-kroḍa-kaḍambinī ghaṭayate karṇārbudebhyaḥ spṛhām cetaḥ-prāṅgaṇa-saṅginī vijayate sarvendriyāṇāṁ kṛtiṁ no jāne janitā kiyadbhir amṛtaiḥ kṛṣṇeti varṇa-dvayī Translation I do not know how much nectar the two syllables ‘Kṛṣ-ṇa’ have produced. When the holy name of Kṛṣṇa is chanted, it appears to dance within the mouth. We then desire many, many mouths. When that name enters the holes of the ears, we desire many millions of ears. And when the holy name dances in the courtyard of the heart, it conquers the activities of the mind, and therefore all the senses become inert. [CC Antya 1.99] Srila Rupa Goswami has said this. When we have to talk about Kṛṣṇa, Rupa Goswami mentions the above verse. How is Kṛṣṇa? He is infinite. The Lord is infinite and His topics are also infinite. How much can one mouth say? In Marathi, mouth is known an “tond”. It is derived from Sanskrit. Rupa Goswami says – tundavali labdhye. Similar to Deepawali made up of colourful rangoli. I was thinking that I am today’s speaker and many thoughts were coming into my mind. They are still coming. Hence I remembered how many topics can I speak on with one mouth and time constraints. I am not the only speaker for today. Some of you are also going to become speakers by sharing your experiences, realisations, report, success stories. It is known as the Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement, a movement of consciousness, of love. Like we have movements in the ocean in the form of waves. When there is a movement of extremely long waves, it is known as a tsunami. There is a movement on the full moon day as well. This Hare Kṛṣṇa movement leads to a change in the pattern of thinking. May such a movement arise in your heart! This is the whole idea and currently your heart is steady. If there is not even a slight change in consciousness, even at a wave level, then movement is a distant probability. Everything stands still or is static, in a sleeping stage. We have to change from static to ecstatic. We have to become from stationary to mobile. This is the definition of peace in the material world. We have to create a movement. If Kṛṣṇa had not have come in this material world, how else would we have found or known the Supreme Lord. What if the Lord had stayed in His abode, Vaikuntha/Goloka dhama, busy in His eternal pastimes? We are here in this material ocean either drowning or dying or living even after dying. All this is going on in this prison house, but we are happily enjoying it here. Some people are busy in their distress. We too are busy in this material world enjoying the maya potency of the Lord. If Krsna had not come then, we would carry out our own businesses as usual. It would go on eternally. krishna baro doyamoy, koribare jihva jay, sva-prasad-anna dilo bhai sei annamrita pao, radha-krishna-guna gao, preme dako chaitanya-nitai Translation But You, dear Krishna, are very kind to us and have given us such nice prasadam, just to control the tongue. Now we take this prasadam to our full satisfaction and glorify Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Krishna, and in love call for the help of Lord Chaitanya and Lord Nityananda. [Prasada prayers] The Lord is very kind. We always say this. The Lord appears together with His mercy potency. We would not know about the holy names of the Supreme Lord, about His form nor His qualities nor His various transcendental pastimes had He not appeared. paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge Translation To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium. [BG 4.8] The Lord comes again and again, millennium after millennium. We get so many topics. Kṛṣṇa becomes our topic. dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate Translation While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. [BG 2.62] Lord Kṛṣṇa has said in Bhagavad Gita that the jivas in this material world, contemplate on the topics pertaining to maya. We meditate on topics pertaining to maya or various sense objects like sound, touch, form, taste and smell. Due to continuous contemplation on such topics we become attached to them. From attachment lust develops. We become busy in lusty, worldly activities. We cannot come for “Japa Talk” as we are too busy. There is no time. We would be eternally busy in our mundane work had Kṛṣṇa not come to this material world. Due to the appearance of the Lord Kṛṣṇa, the jivas in this material world get another opportunity. Had Kṛṣṇa not appeared we would have been deprived of this opportunity. Then it would have been only maya. There is maya on one side and Lord Kṛṣṇa on the other side. Nothing else exists apart from these two. Lord Kṛṣṇa appears and gives us one more alternative. We have to contemplate, but contemplation is of two types. Earlier I had said that only 2 aspects exist – one is maya and the other Kṛṣṇa. There are two types of meditation – one is on maya (mundane subject matter) like malls, shops, shopping centres which are filled with material subject matters. We meditate on it or constantly attempt to taste it. This is one type of meditation. The second type of meditation is on Lord Kṛṣṇa and later samadhi. Some people meditate on the television by watching it. We do not watch television. When we visit somebody’s place we observe that they are in deep meditation. They sometimes do not even realise when we came or left. They are totally oblivious to the reality of life. It is said that such persons are in meditation. One who meditates on mundane subject matters is also practicing a type of samadhi. The second type of meditation is a real, correct and true meditation. It is meditation on the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. When we meditate on Kṛṣṇa, the process is the same, but now we are meditating on the Supreme Bhagavan. We are devotees and are engaged in devotional service, serving with all our heart and meditating on the Supreme Lord. Devotional service is also known as – sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate Translation Bhakti, or devotional service, means engaging all our senses in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects. One is freed from all material designations, and one’s senses are purified simply by being employed in the service of the Lord. [CC Madhya 19.170] The meditation on material subject matter is done by serving Mayadevi with our senses. We see with our eyes, hear with our ears and smell the fragrance with our nose. When we engage our senses in the service of the Lord, it is said to be Bhakti or devotional service. 2 types of meditation: Maya Lord Kṛṣṇa In both the types of meditation we are using our senses. In Bhakti or devotional service we are engaging our senses in the service of the Supreme Lord. The rules are the same. We will be attached to that subject – on which we meditate. This is the first law. If we meditate on maya, we will be attached to Maya always contemplating on “me and mine”. This is Maya. Me and mine also have the word affection in it. Have you heard about “mamata”? Not that Mamata from West Bengal! “I” is “aham” or “ahankar” or false ego. “Mine” is “Mama” or “Mamata” or affection in action. Those who are the servants of maya and senses are known as go-dāsa. Go means senses. Hence go-dāsa refers to the servant of the senses. Senses make us their servants. If we meditate on maya and engage our senses in her service, then we become attached to maya. If we meditate on the Supreme Lord then we will be attached to Him. When we meditate on maya then we will be attached to Mayadevi. The same law applies. I wanted to share the ocean of love with all of you, but could share only few drops of wisdom from the vast ocean. Only so much is possible. Such few drops of nectar are an ocean for jivas like us. Jivas are also very small. You have already heard how small a jiva is. bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca bhāgo jīvaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sa cānantyāya kalpate Translation When the upper point of a hair is divided into one hundred parts and again each of such parts is further divided into one hundred parts, each such part is the measurement of the dimension of the spirit soul. [Śvetāśvatara Upanishad- 5.9]. When the upper point of a hair is divided into one hundred parts and then one of the part is again further divided into one hundred parts, then that part is the size of a jiva. This is the measurement of the spirit soul in the language of the sastras or scriptures. Did you understand it? Kindly understand it and preach it to others as well. The soul is so subtle that even though the doctors use the microscope they still cannot see the soul. Till now no powerful instrument has been created to see the soul. For this tiny soul even one drop of knowledge is similar to the nectarean ocean. The Kṛṣṇa katha we narrate or the kirtanas we engage ourselves in or when we hear about the Lord’s name, qualities and pastimes, it leads to bathing of our soul. ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanaṁ bhava-mahā-dāvāgni-nirvāpaṇaṁ śreyaḥ-kairava-candrikā-vitaraṇaṁ vidyā-vadhū-jīvanam ānandāmbudhi-vardhanaṁ prati-padaṁ pūrṇāmṛtāsvādanaṁ sarvātma-snapanaṁ paraṁ vijayate śrī-kṛṣṇa-saṅkīrtanam Translation Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step. [CC Antya 20.12] The hearing and chanting is often referred to as a sprinkling. It arouses the love towards the Supreme Lord in our heart. mālī hañā kare sei bīja āropaṇa śravaṇa-kīrtana-jale karaye secana Translation When a person receives the seed of devotional service, he should take care of it by becoming a gardener and sowing the seed in his heart. If he waters the seed gradually by the process of śravaṇa and kīrtana [hearing and chanting], the seed will begin to sprout. [CC Madhya 19.152] Due to hearing and chanting – the love towards the Supreme Lord is aroused in our hearts. If we meditate on maya – we get attached to maya. This sort of attachment leads to the rise of lusty desires. This lust keeps us busy. If we meditate on Kṛṣṇa, we become attached to Him. It means we are performing devotional service by engaging all our senses in the service of the Supreme Lord. We perform devotional service and meditate on the Supreme Lord and then we get attached to Him. The result is that there is a gradual development of love towards Lord Kṛṣṇa. Attachment and then love for the Lord arises and we become the Lord’s loving devotees. We perform devotional services towards the Supreme Lord, not just devotion, but devotional service. Devotional service is bhakti in action. Devotional service is service with devotion and bhava. We will perform devotional service if we constantly hear, chant and meditate on the Lord. Then attachment for the Supreme Lord will arouse love for Godhead in our heart and we will forever engage ourselves in devotional service. sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ahaituky apratihatā yayātmā suprasīdati Translation The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self. [ŚB 1.2.6] This is stated in Srimad Bhagavatam. The supreme occupation for all humanity is to perform devotional service. We have to perform devotional service towards the transcendental Supreme Lord. It is clearly mentioned here. How should this devotional service be performed? Devotional service should be performed with love and without any cause or motive. It should be performed because we love the Lord. We can perform bhakti by lovingly serving the Lord. It should not have any hidden motive. Om Jai Jagadish Hare Swami Jai Jagadish Hare Sukh Sampati Ghar Ave Sukh Sampati Ghar Ave Kasht Mite Tan Kaa Om Jai Jagadish Hare Work is done, but at the same time it is destroyed. This verse from Srimad Bhagavatam tells us that the devotional service should be without any motive. Devotional service should be free from material desires. Devotional service should be without any material attachments and should be uninterrupted. When we do such type of Bhakti, our soul will become completely satisfied. Then we will be happy. It is good that the Lord appears here and gives us topics to meditate and think upon. It also provides us an opportunity to serve the Supreme Lord. The result of all this is that we become free from the bondage of maya. daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te Translation This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it. [BG 7.14] One who surrenders to Me, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ Translation Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear. [BG 18.66] Do not fear. I am here. Like this the Lord is there to always protect us and also to invite us to go home, back to Godhead. He gives us the practical process on how we can go back home. He has given us the manual in the form of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. The purpose of all these manuals is how the living entities can go back home. How can they attain Lord Kṛṣṇa. To tell us the process why Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared. He had already given it to us in the form of Bhagavad- gita. All glories to Srimad Bhagavad-gita! We have this manual. We are in the process of going home. Are you in the process of going Home? In this process, we want to share this manual with others also, so that they too can become free from the clutches of maya and go back to Godhead. Even their souls become blissful and happy and attain the mercy of the Supreme Lord. sri-guru-carana-padma, kevala-bhakati-sadma, bando mui savadhana mate jahara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai, krishna-prapti hoy jaha ha’te Translation The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material suffering and obtain the mercy of Krishna. [Guru Vandana Verse no 1] To make us understand, the Lord gives us scriptures and a spiritual master. This is the arrangement of Kṛṣṇa. Thank you Kṛṣṇa. Be grateful to Lord Kṛṣṇa always with your mouth. If there any questions devotees can raise their hands. Q: Saudaya Sindhu Dasi: Gurumaharaja, you mentioned in your talk we need to share Kṛṣṇa with others, but people do not take interest in it. They say this topic is very boring and has no entertainment in it. Why are you telling me this? What do I do in this respect? We are calling them to our centre where we speak to them about Lord Kṛṣṇa and Bhagavad-gita. What to do? They do not find it interesting. A: Lokanath Swami Maharaja: They are not getting joy in this. Feed them Kṛṣṇa prasada. They will like that. Start from there. Engage them in kirtana, chanting and dancing. People like festivals. Celebrate Janmastami, Ratha-yatra. Invite them to participate in festivals. Gradually, their faith will increase then they will definitely hear. Jivas like the Supreme Lord a lot and jivas also like topics about the Supreme Lord. Hence it is said, nitya-siddha kṛṣṇa-prema ‘sādhya’ kabhu naya śravaṇādi-śuddha-citte karaye udaya Translation Pure love for Kṛṣṇa is eternally established in the hearts of the living entities. It is not something to be gained from another source. When the heart is purified by hearing and chanting, this love naturally awakens. [CC Madhya 22.107] Continue speaking to that jiva according to his various duties and attributes as per his nature. Engage them as per their inclination. Give them some practical services. When they perform such services, it leads to… etāvaj janma-sāphalyaṁ dehinām iha dehiṣu prāṇair arthair dhiyā vācā śreya-ācaraṇaṁ sadā Translation It is the duty of every living being to perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words. [ŚB 10.22.35] Some persons give you their life by performing physical services. Some people are rich. They do not give their time, do not listen to us. They give us their wealth for temple construction and festivals. They do not have time to visit the temples during festivals, but they sponsor festivals, Service attitude begins with this. When one gets an opportunity to associate with sadhu sang, then there is gradually an opportunity for sravana or hearing. To reach this stage prior preparation is required. That is known as ajnata sukriti (unintentional or unknowing devotion). We progress and then we get happiness in the association of devotees and engage in performing kirtana. Somehow we have to trick them and engage them in the Lord’s service. Q: Anandi Bhakti Dasi: Gurumaharaja, in your japa talk today, you mentioned that we should meditate on Kṛṣṇa and not go towards maya. While chanting even though we try hard, our mind deviates. A: Lokanath Swami Maharaja: Okay, the mind deviates. You are not the only one. There is a famous proverb in Marathi – which says that in each house the cooking range in made up of mud. Each one has similar stories. Arjuna also speaks in the 6th Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, “You are asking me to meditate.” The name of the Chapter is Dhyana Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga. cañcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣkaram Translation The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind. [BG 6.34] The mind is restless. Kṛṣṇa said, “Yes, I am aware of it. I have created the mind. You need not tell me that the mind is restless, that it deviates or runs here and there.” Kṛṣṇa has given the remedy and we should follow it. śrī-bhagavān uvāca asaṁśayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ calam abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate Translation Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O mighty-armed son of Kuntī, it is undoubtedly very difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by suitable practice and by detachment. [BG 6.35] Practice mind control and you will make progress. There is a city in Italy known as Rome. There is a saying - Rome was not built in a day. Rome is a very beautiful city and took many years to build. Our full development in Krishna consciousness will not happen overnight. We have to practice it daily. yato yato niścalati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet Translation From wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self. [BG 6.26] Wherever this restless mind wanders, we have to bring it back and again meditate on the super soul or Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa. Never give up these attempts. There is a proverb in Marathi, which means – if you stop you are finished. If you stop endeavouring, you will remain wherever you are currently. Go on practicing. Q: Ratna Bhushan Dasa: We are creating a new centre at Kailash ganj. The work is about to finish shortly. All the devotees wish to invite you for the inauguration. This is 130 km. from Orissa. A: Lokanath Swami Maharaja: Thank you for the invitation Q: Radhika Dasi: Since the last week, I have visited 3 schools. I met one thousand students. I met their teachers. I donated 5 Bhagavad-gitas to their libraries. I asked them if I could come and teach the students Bhagavad-gita and explained how will it help them in their studies. They replied, “Yes you can come.” The students are both Hindus and Muslims. They have given me the permission, Gurumaharaja. Please think how I will be able to cultivate them. A: Lokanath Swami Maharaja: The Chief minister in the state of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal. I know you are well aware of it. The devotees in Delhi have compiled a syllabus for spiritual education which is government approved. There are some spiritual books. Kindly check which types of books these are and how to teach them. Then you can also teach from such books as it is approved by the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi. Other devotees can also follow it. Why only in Delhi? It can be implemented in other places also. Moral education nowadays has a lot of scope. There is more demand and supply is less. Q: Manjulali Dasi: We preach in our Gita courses that all activities should be performed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. We do not have to stop any activity, but we have to keep Kṛṣṇa in the centre of all our activities. Maharaja, like new year is coming. People have a lot of craze to celebrate it. We are celebrating a Kṛṣṇa conscious New Year. We are doing kirtana, playing Kṛṣṇa games, so that new comers are attracted to how we celebrate the new year. We are doing maha-aarti at midnight. I wanted to know Gurumaharaja, whether I am on the right track or am I in the modes of passion and ignorance. Lokanath Swami Maharaja: Why are you doubting? Manjulali Dasi: Because of night time party and we are normally not awake that long. Lokanath Swami Maharaja: You are not the only one. Such programs are conducted by various temples and preachers all over the world. I think on the last day the katha in Pune Bhagavad Katha, it will go on till midnight. There will be lots of activities - more chanting, more dancing. We will wish them a happy new year and will talk about new year resolutions also. We will not just wish them a happy new year, but will give them a formula to be happy. Drink wine and be happy is not possible. Drink milk and not wine. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and be happy. They should make some new year resolutions. Ask everybody to make new year resolutions which can make them happy at the end of the year or day. The world does not know that the Lord has told us to become yogis and become happy. But the materialists say, “Become bhogi, enjoyers”. Somehow please send this message across to all the people who participate in New Year's Eve. Don’t be bhogi. Become a yogi. If you meditate on maya, you will be attached to lust and will finally be destroyed. Be a devotee and meditate on the Supreme Lord. Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, then gradually you will progress in Krishna consciousness. Hence, become a yogi. Repeat what has already been said by Srila Prabhupada - Krishna consciousness is very easy. Dance, sing and honour prasada. If they take a resolution of these 3 things – Chant the Lord’s name, dance and when you’re tired, honour prasada, no more chicken or mutton only patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ Translation If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, I will accept it. [BG 9.26] They could begin with some change somewhere. It might not be possible for them to do the wholesome revolutionary change. They could begin by taking baby steps before the actual marathon. A child takes baby steps, later walks then runs and then participates in a marathon. Like that, let the people begin somewhere. The Lord is very attractive. He will attract them fully. They will end up becoming fully Krishna conscious. As the Lord has told us - if we do something for Him or make a little advancement in this spiritual path, we will get a human form of life in the next birth and from there we will continue. nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt Translation In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear. [BG 2.40] So let them begin. This is enough.

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