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Arr LON 1973-07-07 Bhakti Science Is Very Simple
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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 7th of July,
1973, in London, England.
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PRABHUPĀDA: …given in the facility
of assembling in this nice house,
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this good boy George Harrison:
We must give him all glories.
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We must be thankful to him
that he has given us the facility,
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and Kṛṣṇa will bless
him more and more.
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So far Gopījana-vallabha,
Rādhā-Mādhava,
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our simple worshipable Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Rādhā-Mādhava:
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He is always enjoying in company with
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī—Rādhā-Mādhava.
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He does not go
outside Vṛndāvana.
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Kṛṣṇa—original Kṛṣṇa:
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He does not go even a step out of
Vṛndāvana, leaving aside the gopīs.
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Vṛndāvanaṁ parityajya na
padam ekaṁ kutra gacchati [?}.
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He does not go anywhere.
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So people are making
research to find out God.
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In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said,
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panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampragamyo
vāyor athāpi manaso muni-puṅgavānām,
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so ’py asti yat-prapada-sīmny avicintya-tattve
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
[Bs 5.34]
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Govinda.
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panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara-saṁpragamyo
[Bs 5.34]
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Those who are
searching after God…
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Those who are not
searching: They are useless.
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Those who are
searching: Jñānī jijñāsu.
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So, they are searching after God,
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but if they try to approach God:
Panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara.
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By… Just like airplane:
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I have come here within twelve
hours, from Calcutta to London.
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So, not this airplane, but panthās tu
koṭi-śata-vatsara-sampra…, vāyor athā…
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Vāyu.
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If… This airplane is
floating on the air,
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but if the air becomes airplane
itself or the mind becomes…
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You know the speed of mind.
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You can go on the mind millions
of miles within a second.
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That science has not yet [been] discovered:
How to go in the speed of mind.
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The yogis know.
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The perfect yogis: They can
travel on the speed of mind.
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The…
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That is also material science.
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So even on the speed of mind, or on
the speed of the velocity of the air,
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if you try to go… to approach God:
Find out where is God… And the time?
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panthās tu koṭi-śata-vatsara…
[Bs 5.34]
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Not one day, two day, or one hour,
two hour, but many millions of years:
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…koṭi-śata-vatsara…
[Bs 5.34]
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Koṭi-śata-vatsara: With the
speed of mind or air velocity,
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if you go to find out God.
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Still, avicintya-tattva: Inconceivable.
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Inconceivable.
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So, Kṛṣṇa is not so easy to
approach by the nondevotees.
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vedeṣu durlabha
[Bs. 5.33]
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So even by studying
Vedas: Durlabha.
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Durlabha means
not approachable.
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Not approachable.
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vedeṣu durlabham adurlabham ātma-bhaktau
[Bs 5.33]
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But to His devotees,
He’s very easy.
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He’s very easy.
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Just as gopīs.
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Gopīs: They are village girls, not
educated, not Brahmin, not Vedantist.
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But Kṛṣṇa is within their
palms—within their hands.
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So, this bhakti-yoga is so
nice that Kṛṣṇa, or God,
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who is unapproachable
by any other method,
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however efficient it may
be: It is not possible.
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Only by love and devotion, in
service: He can be approached.
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It is clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gītā:
Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti [Bg. 18.55].
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Kṛṣṇa has explained in the Bhagavad-
gītā all systems: jñāna-yoga system;
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haṭha-yoga system; karma-
yoga system; rāja-yoga system.
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But at the end He says that “If anyone
actually wants to know Me, that is bhakti.”
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bhaktyā mām abhijānāti
yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ
[Bg 18.55]
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If he… anyone wants to
know Kṛṣṇa as He is…
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Kṛṣṇa has different
features, especially three:
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brahmeti paramātmeti
bhagavān iti śabdyatee
[SB 1.2.11]:
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As impersonal Brahman,
all-pervasive Paramātmā,
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and the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
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So, if anyone wants to know
actually what is Kṛṣṇa…
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Of course, it is not possible to know
Kṛṣṇa, but Kṛṣṇa reveals to the devotee,
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Svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ [Cc.
Madhya 17.136], revelation.
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Just like Kṛṣṇa is explaining
Himself in the Bhagavad-gītā.
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People should know.
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Why they are searching unnecessarily?
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Rascaldom.
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You cannot search out
Kṛṣṇa, God, by speculation.
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If He reveals Himself by causeless
mercy, being merciful upon you,
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being pleased upon you, then
you can understand Kṛṣṇa.
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You cannot search out Kṛṣṇa.
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That is not possible.
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So, the process is
explained by Kṛṣṇa Himself:
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bhaktyā mām abhijānāti
yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ
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tato māṁ tattvato jñātvā
viśate tad-anantaram
[Bg. 18.55]
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If you understand Kṛṣṇa through
this process, bhakti process,
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Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [BRS 1.1.11],
without any motive of material gain.
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That is beginning of bhakti.
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Bhakti means without any
motive of material gain.
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That is bhakti.
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Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam [Madhya
19.167]; śūnyam means zero.
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All material desires
becoming zero.
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Then bhakti begins.
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Before that, there is
no question of bhakti.
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So bhakti science is very subtle science,
but it is very simple thing to the bhaktas.
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One who knows things
as it is: Very simple thing.
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Similarly, those who have taken
to this bhakti-yoga seriously:
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For them it is very simple.
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For others it is very difficult.
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It is very difficult.
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Therefore, we should go…
Approach to persons who are…
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tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet
[MU 1.2.12]
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We should approach [a] person
who knows the bhakti science and…
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yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā deve tathā gurau
[ŚU 6.23]
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And by devotional service to
Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master,
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then bhakti science
becomes revealed.
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Without revelation, nobody
can understand bhakti science,
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and without understanding bhakti
science, nobody can understand Kṛṣṇa.
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- Thank you very much; Hare Kṛṣṇa.
DEVOTEES: Haribol! All glories to Prabhupāda!
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