0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,805 Arr LON 1973-07-07 Bhakti Science Is Very Simple 1 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:17,342 ANNOUNCER: The following is an arrival address, 2 00:00:17,343 --> 00:00:23,460 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:23,461 --> 00:00:46,910 recorded on the 7th of July, 1973, in London, England. 4 00:00:46,911 --> 00:00:55,766 PRABHUPĀDA: …given in the facility of assembling in this nice house, 5 00:00:55,767 --> 00:01:01,955 this good boy George Harrison: We must give him all glories. 6 00:01:01,956 --> 00:01:07,672 We must be thankful to him that he has given us the facility, 7 00:01:07,673 --> 00:01:12,189 and Kṛṣṇa will bless him more and more. 8 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:20,466 So far Gopījana-vallabha, Rādhā-Mādhava, 9 00:01:20,467 --> 00:01:32,331 our simple worshipable Supreme Personality of Godhead, Rādhā-Mādhava: 10 00:01:32,332 --> 00:01:42,707 He is always enjoying in company with Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī—Rādhā-Mādhava. 11 00:01:42,708 --> 00:01:49,114 He does not go outside Vṛndāvana. 12 00:01:49,115 --> 00:01:54,895 Kṛṣṇa—original Kṛṣṇa: 13 00:01:54,896 --> 00:02:04,710 He does not go even a step out of Vṛndāvana, leaving aside the gopīs. 14 00:02:04,711 --> 00:02:12,626 Vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya na padam ekaṁ kutra gacchati [?}. 15 00:02:12,627 --> 00:02:15,994 He does not go anywhere. 16 00:02:15,995 --> 00:02:24,829 So people are making research to find out God. 17 00:02:24,830 --> 00:02:27,583 In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said, 18 00:02:27,584 --> 00:02:38,252 panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampragamyo vāyor athāpi manaso muni-puṅgavānām, 19 00:02:38,253 --> 00:02:46,836 so ’py asti yat-prapada-sīmny avicintya-tattve govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi [Bs 5.34] 20 00:02:46,837 --> 00:02:49,264 Govinda. 21 00:02:49,265 --> 00:02:53,912 panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-saṁpragamyo [Bs 5.34] 22 00:02:53,913 --> 00:02:58,467 Those who are searching after God… 23 00:02:58,468 --> 00:03:03,582 Those who are not searching: They are useless. 24 00:03:03,583 --> 00:03:09,610 Those who are searching: Jñānī jijñāsu. 25 00:03:09,611 --> 00:03:15,070 So, they are searching after God, 26 00:03:15,071 --> 00:03:23,757 but if they try to approach God: Panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara. 27 00:03:23,758 --> 00:03:27,496 By… Just like airplane: 28 00:03:27,497 --> 00:03:34,555 I have come here within twelve hours, from Calcutta to London. 29 00:03:34,556 --> 00:03:46,640 So, not this airplane, but panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampra…, vāyor athā… 30 00:03:46,641 --> 00:03:48,416 Vāyu. 31 00:03:48,417 --> 00:03:53,441 If… This airplane is floating on the air, 32 00:03:53,442 --> 00:04:05,272 but if the air becomes airplane itself or the mind becomes… 33 00:04:05,273 --> 00:04:09,637 You know the speed of mind. 34 00:04:09,638 --> 00:04:19,322 You can go on the mind millions of miles within a second. 35 00:04:19,323 --> 00:04:24,854 That science has not yet [been] discovered: How to go in the speed of mind. 36 00:04:24,855 --> 00:04:27,857 The yogis know. 37 00:04:27,858 --> 00:04:36,653 The perfect yogis: They can travel on the speed of mind. 38 00:04:36,654 --> 00:04:38,802 The… 39 00:04:38,803 --> 00:04:42,382 That is also material science. 40 00:04:42,383 --> 00:04:50,272 So even on the speed of mind, or on the speed of the velocity of the air, 41 00:04:50,273 --> 00:05:01,439 if you try to go… to approach God: Find out where is God… And the time? 42 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:04,984 panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara… [Bs 5.34] 43 00:05:04,985 --> 00:05:10,650 Not one day, two day, or one hour, two hour, but many millions of years: 44 00:05:10,651 --> 00:05:13,558 …koṭi-śata-vatsara… [Bs 5.34] 45 00:05:13,559 --> 00:05:20,718 Koṭi-śata-vatsara: With the speed of mind or air velocity, 46 00:05:20,719 --> 00:05:24,945 if you go to find out God. 47 00:05:24,946 --> 00:05:31,552 Still, avicintya-tattva: Inconceivable. 48 00:05:31,553 --> 00:05:33,730 Inconceivable. 49 00:05:33,731 --> 00:05:44,418 So, Kṛṣṇa is not so easy to approach by the nondevotees. 50 00:05:44,419 --> 00:05:47,223 vedeṣu durlabha [Bs. 5.33] 51 00:05:47,224 --> 00:05:52,156 So even by studying Vedas: Durlabha. 52 00:05:52,157 --> 00:05:56,626 Durlabha means not approachable. 53 00:05:56,627 --> 00:05:58,903 Not approachable. 54 00:05:58,904 --> 00:06:04,403 vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau [Bs 5.33] 55 00:06:04,404 --> 00:06:09,619 But to His devotees, He’s very easy. 56 00:06:09,620 --> 00:06:10,946 He’s very easy. 57 00:06:10,947 --> 00:06:12,353 Just as gopīs. 58 00:06:12,354 --> 00:06:19,993 Gopīs: They are village girls, not educated, not Brahmin, not Vedantist. 59 00:06:19,994 --> 00:06:27,509 But Kṛṣṇa is within their palms—within their hands. 60 00:06:27,510 --> 00:06:35,354 So, this bhakti-yoga is so nice that Kṛṣṇa, or God, 61 00:06:35,355 --> 00:06:40,141 who is unapproachable by any other method, 62 00:06:40,142 --> 00:06:45,126 however efficient it may be: It is not possible. 63 00:06:45,127 --> 00:06:54,165 Only by love and devotion, in service: He can be approached. 64 00:06:54,166 --> 00:06:59,700 It is clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gītā: Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti [Bg. 18.55]. 65 00:06:59,701 --> 00:07:05,602 Kṛṣṇa has explained in the Bhagavad- gītā all systems: jñāna-yoga system; 66 00:07:05,603 --> 00:07:10,455 haṭha-yoga system; karma- yoga system; rāja-yoga system. 67 00:07:10,456 --> 00:07:20,154 But at the end He says that “If anyone actually wants to know Me, that is bhakti.” 68 00:07:20,155 --> 00:07:25,296 bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ [Bg 18.55] 69 00:07:25,297 --> 00:07:31,161 If he… anyone wants to know Kṛṣṇa as He is… 70 00:07:31,162 --> 00:07:38,346 Kṛṣṇa has different features, especially three: 71 00:07:38,347 --> 00:07:42,653 brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyatee [SB 1.2.11]: 72 00:07:42,654 --> 00:07:48,600 As impersonal Brahman, all-pervasive Paramātmā, 73 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:52,635 and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 74 00:07:52,636 --> 00:07:58,732 So, if anyone wants to know actually what is Kṛṣṇa… 75 00:07:58,733 --> 00:08:07,082 Of course, it is not possible to know Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa reveals to the devotee, 76 00:08:07,083 --> 00:08:10,729 Svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ [Cc. Madhya 17.136], revelation. 77 00:08:10,730 --> 00:08:15,097 Just like Kṛṣṇa is explaining Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā. 78 00:08:15,098 --> 00:08:17,462 People should know. 79 00:08:17,463 --> 00:08:20,880 Why they are searching unnecessarily? 80 00:08:20,881 --> 00:08:23,290 Rascaldom. 81 00:08:23,291 --> 00:08:28,082 You cannot search out Kṛṣṇa, God, by speculation. 82 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:36,236 If He reveals Himself by causeless mercy, being merciful upon you, 83 00:08:36,237 --> 00:08:41,923 being pleased upon you, then you can understand Kṛṣṇa. 84 00:08:41,924 --> 00:08:44,808 You cannot search out Kṛṣṇa. 85 00:08:44,809 --> 00:08:47,434 That is not possible. 86 00:08:47,435 --> 00:08:54,194 So, the process is explained by Kṛṣṇa Himself: 87 00:08:54,195 --> 00:08:59,531 bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ 88 00:08:59,532 --> 00:09:03,747 tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā viśate tad-anantaram [Bg. 18.55] 89 00:09:03,748 --> 00:09:11,415 If you understand Kṛṣṇa through this process, bhakti process, 90 00:09:11,416 --> 00:09:18,859 Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [BRS 1.1.11], without any motive of material gain. 91 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:21,015 That is beginning of bhakti. 92 00:09:21,016 --> 00:09:26,920 Bhakti means without any motive of material gain. 93 00:09:26,921 --> 00:09:28,477 That is bhakti. 94 00:09:28,478 --> 00:09:32,943 Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [Madhya 19.167]; śūnyam means zero. 95 00:09:32,944 --> 00:09:38,097 All material desires becoming zero. 96 00:09:38,098 --> 00:09:40,537 Then bhakti begins. 97 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:43,814 Before that, there is no question of bhakti. 98 00:09:43,815 --> 00:09:56,205 So bhakti science is very subtle science, but it is very simple thing to the bhaktas. 99 00:09:56,206 --> 00:10:01,382 One who knows things as it is: Very simple thing. 100 00:10:01,383 --> 00:10:08,692 Similarly, those who have taken to this bhakti-yoga seriously: 101 00:10:08,693 --> 00:10:11,748 For them it is very simple. 102 00:10:11,749 --> 00:10:14,955 For others it is very difficult. 103 00:10:14,956 --> 00:10:16,351 It is very difficult. 104 00:10:16,352 --> 00:10:22,509 Therefore, we should go… Approach to persons who are… 105 00:10:22,510 --> 00:10:26,935 tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU 1.2.12] 106 00:10:26,936 --> 00:10:35,235 We should approach [a] person who knows the bhakti science and… 107 00:10:35,236 --> 00:10:40,047 yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau [ŚU 6.23] 108 00:10:40,048 --> 00:10:46,601 And by devotional service to Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, 109 00:10:46,602 --> 00:10:50,410 then bhakti science becomes revealed. 110 00:10:50,411 --> 00:10:54,177 Without revelation, nobody can understand bhakti science, 111 00:10:54,178 --> 00:10:59,527 and without understanding bhakti science, nobody can understand Kṛṣṇa. 112 00:10:59,528 --> 00:11:08,084 - Thank you very much; Hare Kṛṣṇa. 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