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Arr AUC 1976-04-27 Boat, Breeze and Captain
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ANNOUNCER: The following
is an arrival address,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 27th of April,
1976, in Auckland, New Zealand.
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PRABHUPĀDA: The foolish leaders,
they are keeping us in darkness.
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Therefore Kṛṣṇa personally comes.
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Whenever people are kept in darkness,
that is called dharmasya glaniḥ.
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Glaniḥ means pollution, when the
process of life becomes polluted.
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The process is that from
the lower animal bodies
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we have come through the evolutionary
process to this human form of life.
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Now there is further
improvement required.
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This is the process,
more and more.
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And that improvement
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goes up to the point of meeting
Kṛṣṇa in Goloka Vṛndāvana.
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yad gatvā na nivartante
tad dhāmaṁ paraṁ mama
[Bg. 15.6]
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But even after coming to the
platform of human being, the leaders:
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They do not teach them how to go
further ahead, up to the point of Kṛṣṇa.
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They have no knowledge.
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Therefore they have been called
in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:
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andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ
[SB 7.5.31]
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na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ
durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ
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andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās
te ’pīśa tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ
[SB 7.5.31]
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These rascals, so-called leaders,
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gurus and others, they do not
know what is the goal of life.
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na te viduḥ
[SB 7.5.31]
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They do not know.
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Some imaginary theory, “I am
God,” “I am this,” “I am that.”
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A commonsense:
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“If I am God, then why I am under
the control of the material nature?”
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Eh?
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This another rascal
came, that “I am God.”
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If you are God, so why
you have become dog?
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They say it is līlā.
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Just see.
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God has come to manifest his līlā by
becoming a dog, and he’s beaten.
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Whole day, night, he’s hungry.
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And he has come to your home to
ask some food, and you are beating.
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So God is displaying this līlā.
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Just see how foolish
rascal they are.
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This is going on; huh?
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So don’t be misguided
by such rascals.
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Either he may be parents or
guru or superior, teacher,
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whatever he may be,
don’t be misguided.
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Fortunately you have come to this
platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Don’t misuse it.
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That is my request.
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Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung,
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hari hari biphale, janama goṅāinu:
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“My Lord Kṛṣṇa, I have
simply wasted my time.”
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Why?
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Manuṣya-janama pāiyā, rādhā-kṛṣṇa
nā bhajiyā, jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu:
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“I got this human form of life.
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It is meant for understanding Kṛṣṇa
and Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes with Rādhārāṇī,
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Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
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So I did not care for that.
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That means knowingly
I have drunk poison.”
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So my only request is that
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement
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is the most scientific movement
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to save the human society from falling
down again in the cycle of birth and death.
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It is very scientific movement.
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The cycle of birth and
death is going on.
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We are eternal.
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They… People have been
put into so deep darkness:
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They do not know what is
going on, what is the aim of life.
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They do not know.
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Ma te viduḥ; they do not know.
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Whimsically everyone is
manufacturing something nonsense.
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jāniyā śuniyā biṣa khāinu
[Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura]
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What Kṛṣṇa says, we
have to accept that.
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Then we are safe.
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Otherwise we are lost again.
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So fortunately you have got this Kṛṣṇa
consciousness, so utilize your life properly.
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You have got immense literature.
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Read it.
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Digest it.
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Make your life perfect.
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That is my request.
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Don’t spoil.
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At least you have come to the
shore of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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ei rūpe
brahmāṇḍa bhramite kono bhāgyavān jīva
[Cc. Madhya 19.151]
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It is great fortune.
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Bhāgyavan jīva.
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Unless one is very fortunate,
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he cannot come to the shelter of
Kṛṣṇa consciousness; that’s a fact.
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So don’t misuse it.
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That is my request.
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I am very glad to see you.
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You are so enthusiastic.
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And you should be enthusiastic.
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utsāhād dhairyāt
tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt
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sato vṛtteḥ sādhu-saṅge
ṣaḍbhir bhaktir prasidhyati
[Upadeśāmṛta 3]
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For enhancing devotional activities
one must be very enthusiastic.
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That is the first proposition.
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Don’t be dull.
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Enthusiastic.
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Utsāhāt and dhairyāt, patiently.
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Utsāhād, dhairyāt, niścayād.
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Niścayāt means firmly convinced:
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“Yes, surely I shall meet Kṛṣṇa
and go to Him, back to home.”
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Niścayāt.
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utsāhād dhairyāt niścayāt
tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt
[Upadeśāmṛta 3]
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But you have to do
the prescribed duties.
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sato vṛtteḥ
[Upadeśāmṛta 3]
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You must be very honest and sādhu-
saṅge, and in the association of devotees.
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Six: utsāhā, dhairyā, niścayāta,
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and tat-tat-karma-pravartanāt,
sādhu-saṅga, and being honest.
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If we follow these six
principles, then it is sure.
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ṣaḍbhir bhaktir prasidhyati
[Upadeśāmṛta 3]
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And just the opposite
number is atyāhāra:
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Eating too much or… Āhāra means
eating and āhāra means collection:
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Too much collection unnecessarily.
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Of course, for our
preaching work, we require,
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but we shall collect as
much as we require.
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Not that: Keep money in the bank
and spend for some other purposes.
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That kind of collection
is dangerous.
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And too much eating
is also dangerous.
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Atyāhāra.
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And prayāsa.
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Prayāsa means endeavoring too
much for getting something.
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Our life should be very simple.
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We shall act so
simply that there is…
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We shall, have to save time
for Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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So we should not attempt anything
which is very difficult to execute.
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So, atyāhāra prayāsaś ca prajalpa:
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Unnecessary talking all nonsense,
politics, rascaldom, speculation, this, that.
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No; be grave.
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Don’t talk nonsense;
[don’t] waste time.
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atyāhāra prayāsaś ca
prajalpo niyamāgrahaḥ
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Niyamāgraha means not to
accept the regulative principle.
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Niyama āgraha.
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Āgraha means not to accept,
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and niyamāgraha means simply I am
packed up with the regulative principle,
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but I do not see whether
I am making progress.
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So at least one should stick to follow
the regulative principle; that is good.
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That must be done
in the lower stage.
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So niyamāgraha.
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Atyāhāra prayāsaś ca prajalpo
niyamāgrahaḥ, and laulyam: Greediness.
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And jana-saṅgaś: And to associate
with nondevotee—unwanted person.
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So these six things
should be avoided,
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and the first mentioned six
things should be accepted.
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Then our progress is
sure: Without any failure.
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We have published this
book: Nectar of Instruction.
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Have you seen?
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That is Rūpa Gosvāmī.
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All these instructions are there.
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Read it very carefully.
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Everything is there.
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So only point is that you have got this
human form of life, nṛ-deham ādyam.
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This is the opportunity: Good boat.
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Just like to cross over the sea, if you get
[a] very nice boat, that is one surety.
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So nṛ-deham ādyam.
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This body, is good boat for crossing
over the—material nescience—ocean.
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And guruḥ karṇa-dharaḥ:
“And the captain is guru.”
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The boat is there
and captain is there.
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And the instruction of
Kṛṣṇa is favorable wind.
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nṛ-deham ādyaṁ
guruḥ karṇa-dharaḥ
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In this way you have
got this opportunity.
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Now you cross over from the
material world to the spiritual world.
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If you don’t take this opportunity, then—
ātma-hā—you are committing suicide.
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