0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,500 Arr LA 1974-07-08 Education, Culture, Happiness, Satisfaction 1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:04,157 ANNOUNCER: The following is an arrival address, 2 00:00:04,158 --> 00:00:10,013 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:10,014 --> 00:00:15,774 recorded on July 8th, 1974, in Los Angeles. 4 00:00:15,775 --> 00:00:22,489 PRABHUPĀDA: Thank you very much for your kind reception. 5 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:25,985 It is necessary. 6 00:00:25,986 --> 00:00:33,757 sākṣād-dharitvena samasta-śāstrair uktas tathā bhāvyata eva sadbhiḥ 7 00:00:33,758 --> 00:00:41,783 kintu prabhor yaḥ priya eva tasya vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam [Śrīla Visvanātha Cakravāti Ṭhakūr] 8 00:00:41,784 --> 00:00:45,307 This is the process, Vedic process, 9 00:00:45,308 --> 00:00:52,377 to receive the transcendental knowledge through the paramparā system, 10 00:00:52,378 --> 00:01:03,423 and the reception or honor given to the spiritual master: it goes to Kṛṣṇa. 11 00:01:03,424 --> 00:01:10,063 Spiritual master is the official collect[or]. 12 00:01:10,064 --> 00:01:13,739 Just like in government there is collector. 13 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:20,267 He receives the money, taxes, from the citizens, 14 00:01:20,268 --> 00:01:26,252 not for his personal use but for the government. 15 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:30,609 Similarly, this is the Vedic system, 16 00:01:30,610 --> 00:01:39,287 to receive knowledge through the transparent medium, guru, 17 00:01:39,288 --> 00:01:42,916 and to receive… 18 00:01:42,917 --> 00:01:48,473 Guru means the honor goes to Kṛṣṇa. 19 00:01:48,474 --> 00:01:50,561 So, this is necessary. 20 00:01:50,562 --> 00:01:57,195 This is not an artificial thing, but spiritually it is necessary. 21 00:01:57,196 --> 00:02:01,122 Therefore we hold Vyāsa-pūjā day. 22 00:02:01,123 --> 00:02:06,841 So, I am very glad to see that you are maintaining 23 00:02:06,842 --> 00:02:13,056 the temple standard as good as I saw when I left. 24 00:02:13,057 --> 00:02:15,720 That is my satisfaction. 25 00:02:15,721 --> 00:02:22,906 And keep this, I mean to say, situation, atmosphere, always, 26 00:02:22,907 --> 00:02:30,332 and follow the regulative principles; chant sixteen rounds. 27 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:37,563 You’ll remain always happy, because although we are in Los Angeles, 28 00:02:37,564 --> 00:02:43,979 we have nothing to do with the material atmosphere of Los Angeles. 29 00:02:43,980 --> 00:02:49,894 Therefore a devotee who lives with Kṛṣṇa or in Kṛṣṇa consciousness: 30 00:02:49,895 --> 00:02:54,152 he does not live in the material world. 31 00:02:54,153 --> 00:02:57,113 He always live[s] in the spiritual world. 32 00:02:57,114 --> 00:03:01,248 That is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā. 33 00:03:01,249 --> 00:03:05,289 māṁ cāvyabhicāriṇi- bhakti-yogena yaḥ sevate [Bg. 14.26] 34 00:03:05,290 --> 00:03:12,074 “Anyone who [is] engaged in bhakti-yoga with Kṛṣṇa.” 35 00:03:12,075 --> 00:03:16,325 sa guṇān samatītyaitān brahma-bhūyāya kalpate [Bg. 14.26] 36 00:03:16,326 --> 00:03:23,549 “Such [a] person is always above these material modes of nature.” 37 00:03:23,550 --> 00:03:32,142 Our difficulty or miserable condition of life is due to be… 38 00:03:32,143 --> 00:03:36,289 being under the material laws of nature. 39 00:03:36,290 --> 00:03:39,828 So, it is very simple method. 40 00:03:39,829 --> 00:03:45,028 And you are all intelligent boys and girls in the Western country. 41 00:03:45,029 --> 00:03:49,932 And I am very, happy that you have taken it seriously. 42 00:03:49,933 --> 00:03:52,397 And continue this. 43 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,716 You’ll never be unhappy. 44 00:03:54,717 --> 00:04:02,818 And not only here but also, as Kṛṣṇa said, 45 00:04:02,819 --> 00:04:06,844 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65] 46 00:04:06,845 --> 00:04:10,794 If you simply practice these four principle[s]: 47 00:04:10,795 --> 00:04:18,995 always think of Kṛṣṇa, man-manā, or become Kṛṣṇa’s devotees, 48 00:04:18,996 --> 00:04:24,628 and offer Kṛṣṇa obeisances and worship Kṛṣṇa; these four. 49 00:04:24,629 --> 00:04:29,598 We are teaching these four principle in the temple: 50 00:04:29,599 --> 00:04:34,465 how to worship Kṛṣṇa, how to serve Kṛṣṇa, 51 00:04:34,466 --> 00:04:36,722 how to become Kṛṣṇa’s devotee, 52 00:04:36,723 --> 00:04:40,881 and how to think of Kṛṣṇa twenty-four hours. 53 00:04:40,882 --> 00:04:43,991 And if we do this, there is guarantee. 54 00:04:43,992 --> 00:04:47,175 Kṛṣṇa says, mām eva eṣyasi asaṁśaya [?]. 55 00:04:47,176 --> 00:04:49,398 “Without any doubt, 56 00:04:49,399 --> 00:04:54,066 you’ll come to Me;” you’ll go back to home, back to Godhead. 57 00:04:54,067 --> 00:04:56,607 So do not be slackened. 58 00:04:56,608 --> 00:04:58,087 And it is not difficult. 59 00:04:58,088 --> 00:05:00,431 su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam [Bg. 9.2] 60 00:05:00,432 --> 00:05:03,661 This devotional service is so nice. 61 00:05:03,662 --> 00:05:07,891 It is… To execute the devotional [service] is also very pleasing. 62 00:05:07,892 --> 00:05:10,204 su-sukhaṁ kartum avyayam [Bg. 9.2] 63 00:05:10,205 --> 00:05:15,067 And whatever you do, that is your permanent asset. 64 00:05:15,068 --> 00:05:16,231 It will never be lost. 65 00:05:16,232 --> 00:05:23,040 In the material world, suppose you have got some money. 66 00:05:23,041 --> 00:05:26,113 So that is not permanent. 67 00:05:26,114 --> 00:05:30,640 But anything, material possession, that is not permanent. 68 00:05:30,641 --> 00:05:35,458 Especially after death, everything is finished: another new chapter. 69 00:05:35,459 --> 00:05:37,563 That we do not know. 70 00:05:37,564 --> 00:05:42,549 But devotional service: it is guaranteed. 71 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:48,786 It is permanent asset, even you cannot finish in this life. 72 00:05:48,787 --> 00:05:52,431 But that does not mean you should be neglectful. 73 00:05:52,432 --> 00:05:58,989 Try to finish the completely to become Kṛṣṇa conscious in this life. 74 00:05:58,990 --> 00:06:02,260 Do not keep in abeyance. 75 00:06:02,261 --> 00:06:03,967 That is not intelligent. 76 00:06:03,968 --> 00:06:10,652 But even if it is not finished, then the next life a human life is guaranteed. 77 00:06:10,653 --> 00:06:13,459 And you begin again where it ended. 78 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:15,789 These are the sastric… 79 00:06:15,790 --> 00:06:21,496 So, execute this devotional service very sincerely, seriously. 80 00:06:21,497 --> 00:06:26,528 Even there is [a] little inconvenience, tolerate it. 81 00:06:26,529 --> 00:06:28,068 There is no inconvenience. 82 00:06:28,069 --> 00:06:32,673 But if you think it is inconvenience… That is our mental concoction… 83 00:06:32,674 --> 00:06:38,991 Still, you should not be neglectful in the discharging your duties as devo… 84 00:06:38,992 --> 00:06:40,973 in devotional service. 85 00:06:40,974 --> 00:06:44,642 So those who are engaged in Deity worship, 86 00:06:44,643 --> 00:06:48,342 those who are engaged in [the] saṅkīrtana party, 87 00:06:48,343 --> 00:06:51,965 those who are engaged in distributing books, 88 00:06:51,966 --> 00:06:56,923 those who are engaged in the office for keeping [the] accounts… 89 00:06:56,924 --> 00:06:59,867 And all of them in devotional service. 90 00:06:59,868 --> 00:07:04,131 Not a single moment waste[d]. 91 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:05,544 kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ [Cc. Ādi 17.31] 92 00:07:05,545 --> 00:07:08,243 And whenever you have got time, read books. 93 00:07:08,244 --> 00:07:10,548 Now we have got volumes of books. 94 00:07:10,549 --> 00:07:16,163 Again we have got another five volumes of books. 95 00:07:16,164 --> 00:07:18,952 All are now immediately published. 96 00:07:18,953 --> 00:07:21,166 So you have got enough to study. 97 00:07:21,167 --> 00:07:27,439 And those who are gṛhasthas, children, we have got our Dallas [school]. 98 00:07:27,440 --> 00:07:34,790 As soon as the children is fit, three to four years, can send to Dallas. 99 00:07:34,791 --> 00:07:37,088 They are taking very much care. 100 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:42,091 And if your children are educated [in] Sanskrit and English, 101 00:07:42,092 --> 00:07:51,021 and reads all our books, he is more than any university MA/PhD. 102 00:07:51,022 --> 00:07:53,016 More than. 103 00:07:53,017 --> 00:07:59,131 The MA/PhD of the ordinary university will not be able to be compared with that. 104 00:07:59,132 --> 00:08:05,915 So rest assured that education, culture, happiness, satisfaction, 105 00:08:05,916 --> 00:08:10,543 and next, go to home, back to home, back to Godhead. 106 00:08:10,544 --> 00:08:18,836 - Thank you very much. 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