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Connection With Kṛṣṇa Means Service

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS

FoundershyĀcārya His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

The following lecture entitled lsquoConnection with Kṛṣṇa means servicersquo was given by HisHoliness Bhakti Charu Swami in Iskcon Budapest Hungary on 27 August 2013

Now we can see this transcendental knowledge whether it is coming from the Kumāras orBrahmā or Laxmi or Lord Shiva the knowledge that comes out is the same Since this is theAbsolute Truth it is always one without [Unclear] There is no variegation The same thing alsohas been described in Brahmashysaṁhitā

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In Brahmashysaṁhitā Brahmā saw the Lord and he himself is describing how he saw the LordHe saw Him in the spiritual sky which is made of cintamani Cintāmaṇishyprakarashysadmasukalpashyvṛkṣa He is in the forest And the forest is [Unclear] All the trees in that forest aredesire trees [Unclear] All those cows are surabhi cows lakṣmīshysahasrashyśatashysambhramashysevyamānam And thousands of Laksmis are serving Him with great attention and dedicationSo we get the same description from the Brahmashysaṁhitā The Lord is surrounded by Hisdevotees As it has also been described here ldquoYou also acknowledge the service of thedevotees vanquish their distress by Your beautiful smile That is actually what You express byYour beautiful smilerdquo

So Brahmā is seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead surrounded by His devotees Andwhat is the exchange with different devotees and the Lord The devotees are serving with alltheir love and dedication And the Lord is accepting the service with a smile a beautiful smile And He is giving them the perfect assurance ldquoDonrsquot worryrdquo Donrsquot worry no anxiety that is themeaning of Vaikhunta That is the benefit that is the reward of rendering devotional service We surrender to the Lord and the Lord gives us the assurance ldquoDonrsquot worryrdquo And as a resultof that all the anxiety disappears That is the spiritual situation

In BhagavadshyGita also Kṛṣṇa points out that there are two types of living entities kṣara fallibleand infallible Dvāv imau puruṣau loke kṣaraś cākṣara eva ca kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭashystho rsquokṣara ucyate Dvāv imau puruṣau loke There are two types of living entities there arefallible and infallible All living entities in the material nature are fallible They are fallen Butthose who are in the spiritual nature they are infallible Their consciousness is projectedtowards Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is giving them all protection

It is unfortunate that we have fallen into this material nature Why we have fallen how we havefallen there are various ways it has been described [Unclear] Prabhupāda said there is noneed of dwelling on how we fell from the spiritual sky We will never be able to understand itbecause the cause of our fall down is in the spiritual context Therefore from a materialperspective we will never be able to understand how we fell into this material nature

But the reality is that we have fallen Now let us consider how to go back there How to getback That should be our concern And the way to get out of here is devotional service Wehave fallen here because we stopped to serve Kṛṣṇa If we serve Kṛṣṇa we will be able to getup there Somehow or other we stopped to serve and the result is we are fallen

kṛṣṇashybahirmukha hantildeā bhogashyvāntildechā kare When a living entity turns away his face fromKṛṣṇa then Māyā who is just next to Kṛṣṇa grabs Him So this is our condition ldquoSomehow orother we looked away from Kṛṣṇardquo lsquoLooked away from Kṛṣṇarsquo means that somehow or otherwe turned our consciousness away from Kṛṣṇa

So that is how we have fallen into this material nature we became entangled by MāyāPrabhupāda said that our condition is something like a fish out of water Originally we are fromthe spiritual world but we have fallen into this material nature Just as a fish naturally dwellsresides in water When you take a fish out of the water what will happen to the fish Wonrsquot itbe writhing in pain But we are not doing that We are not actually feeling this pain WhyBecause Māyā has given us this body And because of this body we are thinking we are fine Itis a wonderful here

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[Unclear] a fish out of water The fish is out of water and on the land the fish has been given anapparatus with which the fish can breathe So when the fish can breathe and the fish cansurvive on the land then for the fish things are okay Then Māyā says ldquoYou should get a housea beautiful houserdquo The fish is trying to get a house just trying to really get it And he is sohappy doing this So the fish struggles to get the house and he gets it The fish is living in abeautiful house now But then when he has this house what is the big deal Now he needs awife So Māyā says ldquoHere is such a beautiful girlrdquo Then he gets a girl after a lot of endeavorThen still he is not happy Then Māyā says ldquoJust get some money then you can enjoy withmerdquo And he tries to get money And in this way Māyā keeps on misleading him The fish needsto get back to the water Whatever the fish gets on the land the fish will not get happy On theland whatever the fish gets the fish will not be happy because the fish does not feel happyBecause the fish belongs in the water So that is what Māyā is doing to us And Māyā saysldquoCome you will be enjoying [Unclear] Become Kṛṣṇa [Unclear] This whole world is for yourenjoymentrdquo

But then a Vaishnava comes And he tells him about the actual situation And then not only theVaishnava tells us about our actual identity but the Vaishnava shows us the way how to goback there What is the bottom line of the teaching of the Vaishnava ldquoDonrsquot try to enjoythrough this sensual bodyrdquo The real way to enjoy is by rendering devotional service to KṛṣṇaThe real source of enjoyment is your love for Lord Kṛṣṇa And the way to express your love forKṛṣṇa is through your service to Kṛṣṇa And then He teaches us how to become engaged inthe loving devotional service to Kṛṣṇa And as we become engaged in the loving devotionalservice we begin to experience the joy like we saw before at the beginning of the class Welove Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa loves us That kind of relationship [Unclear] Love is not just some wordssentimental expression ldquoI love youhelliprdquo But the real love is expressed through action Action isour constitutional position This body is meant to act With this body we need to serve KṛṣṇaWe have another body subtle body mind With the mind we think about Kṛṣṇa and with thewords we speak about Kṛṣṇa And with this facility to speak we glorify Kṛṣṇa kāya mana andvākya Body mind and speech when they are engaged fully in serving Kṛṣṇa doing things forKṛṣṇa thinking about Kṛṣṇa and glorifying Kṛṣṇa then only we become situated in our lovingrelationship with Kṛṣṇa And that is what ŚrīmadshyBhāgavatam is teaching us That is what aVaishnava comes to teach us And that is what Maitreya Ṛṣi is telling Vidura Thank you

Transcription amp Editing Rāmānanda Rāya Dāsa

May 24th 2014 | Transcription shy SB Canto 4

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