0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,469 Lect BOS 1969-05-01 Krishna Conscious ... Very Kind 1 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:18,309 ANNOUNCER: The following is a lecture, 2 00:00:18,310 --> 00:00:24,189 given by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:48,009 recorded on the 1st of May, 1969, in Boston, Massachusetts. 4 00:00:48,010 --> 00:00:58,679 PRABHUPĀDA: So Nṛsiṁhadeva has appeared to convince the atheist 5 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:03,279 that there is no God. 6 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,969 This is a lying propaganda that nobody has seen God. 7 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:12,059 Everyone has seen God. 8 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:17,210 The devotee sees within his heart, in the temple, and everywhere. 9 00:01:17,211 --> 00:01:24,910 And the atheist sees when he’s… 10 00:01:24,911 --> 00:01:29,280 when the clock, the handles in the clock are over. 11 00:01:29,281 --> 00:01:31,900 You see? 12 00:01:31,901 --> 00:01:40,690 Prahlāda Mahārāja was seeing always, constantly Nṛsiṁhadeva. 13 00:01:40,691 --> 00:01:42,820 Mahābhāgavata. 14 00:01:42,821 --> 00:01:49,550 premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu vilokayanti [Bs. 5.38] 15 00:01:49,551 --> 00:01:58,820 Those who have developed love of God, prema, premāñjana-cchurita… 16 00:01:58,821 --> 00:02:07,600 When one’s eyes are anointed with the, what is called? 17 00:02:07,601 --> 00:02:08,980 VIṢṆUJANA: Salve. 18 00:02:08,981 --> 00:02:10,120 SATSVARŪPA: Ointment. 19 00:02:10,121 --> 00:02:10,820 No, no. 20 00:02:10,821 --> 00:02:12,230 There is a technical name. 21 00:02:12,231 --> 00:02:15,840 Kajal? 22 00:02:15,841 --> 00:02:16,720 BRAHMĀNANDA: Make-up? 23 00:02:16,721 --> 00:02:17,870 Yes. 24 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:18,860 DEVOTEE: Mascara? 25 00:02:18,861 --> 00:02:21,680 Huh? 26 00:02:21,681 --> 00:02:30,441 Anyway, the ointment which is applied to the eyes for clear vision. 27 00:02:30,442 --> 00:02:40,211 So when the ointment of love of Godhead will be applied in our eyes, 28 00:02:40,212 --> 00:02:46,011 then with these eyes we shall be able to see God. 29 00:02:46,012 --> 00:02:48,681 God is not invisible. 30 00:02:48,682 --> 00:02:58,411 Simply just like a man with cataract or any other eye disease, he cannot see. 31 00:02:58,412 --> 00:03:01,341 That does not mean the things are not existing. 32 00:03:01,342 --> 00:03:04,411 He cannot see. 33 00:03:04,412 --> 00:03:12,911 God is there, but because my eyes are not competent to see God, 34 00:03:12,912 --> 00:03:16,581 therefore I deny God. 35 00:03:16,582 --> 00:03:19,981 God is there everywhere. 36 00:03:19,982 --> 00:03:28,921 So in the material condition of our life, our eyes are blunt. 37 00:03:28,922 --> 00:03:31,491 Not only eyes, every sense. 38 00:03:31,492 --> 00:03:32,591 Especially eyes. 39 00:03:32,592 --> 00:03:39,411 Because we are very proud of our eyes, and we say, “Can you show me God?” 40 00:03:39,412 --> 00:03:40,921 You see. 41 00:03:40,922 --> 00:03:49,211 But he does not think that whether his eyes are competent to see God. 42 00:03:49,212 --> 00:03:51,161 That is atheism. 43 00:03:51,162 --> 00:03:59,292 He does not consider his position, “In what position I am.” 44 00:03:59,293 --> 00:04:06,262 Even one cannot see a big man like President Nixon, 45 00:04:06,263 --> 00:04:10,382 and he wants to see God without qualification. 46 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:12,652 That is not possible. 47 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:18,082 nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ [Bg. 7.25] 48 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:25,062 Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā that “I am not exposed to everyone. 49 00:04:25,063 --> 00:04:29,602 There is a curtain of yogamāyā.” 50 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:35,092 The yogamāyā will not allow to see God. 51 00:04:35,093 --> 00:04:42,982 Just like we have our condition that if anyone wants to see here in the temple, 52 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:46,892 we ask him that “First of all take your shoes.” 53 00:04:46,893 --> 00:04:50,762 Just like a little condition. 54 00:04:50,763 --> 00:04:56,822 Similarly, to see God, there must be some condition. 55 00:04:56,823 --> 00:05:05,262 That condition is that unless you become a lover of God, God is not exposed to you. 56 00:05:05,263 --> 00:05:08,382 Otherwise God is there, always. 57 00:05:08,383 --> 00:05:12,952 premāñjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santaḥ sadaiva hṛdayeṣu… [Bs. 5.38] 58 00:05:12,953 --> 00:05:17,172 Sadaiva means always. 59 00:05:17,173 --> 00:05:24,402 Not that simply when we come to the temple we see God. 60 00:05:24,403 --> 00:05:25,533 No. 61 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:28,593 God is always visible to the devotee. 62 00:05:28,594 --> 00:05:29,133 Sadaiva. 63 00:05:29,134 --> 00:05:29,653 Sadā. 64 00:05:29,654 --> 00:05:33,973 Sadā means always, twenty-four hours. 65 00:05:33,974 --> 00:05:36,523 That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 66 00:05:36,524 --> 00:05:44,663 The same example which I gave you, that the woman who has got a lover, 67 00:05:44,664 --> 00:05:55,423 and she’s very busy in her duties, but she is always thinking of the lover, 68 00:05:55,424 --> 00:06:01,183 “When I shall meet him.” 69 00:06:01,184 --> 00:06:09,033 This is an example given by Rūpa Gosvāmī that her mind is always engaged 70 00:06:09,034 --> 00:06:13,803 in the form or the activities of the lover. 71 00:06:13,804 --> 00:06:21,273 If that is materially possible, when you develop your love of Godhead, 72 00:06:21,274 --> 00:06:27,823 at that time you’ll see God everywhere, always, twenty-four hours. 73 00:06:27,824 --> 00:06:32,253 That was the position of Prahlāda Mahārāja. 74 00:06:32,254 --> 00:06:37,463 He was seeing always God, Kṛṣṇa, 75 00:06:37,464 --> 00:06:41,913 but his father was not seeing because he was atheist. 76 00:06:41,914 --> 00:06:45,843 He was asking, challenging, “Where is your God? 77 00:06:45,844 --> 00:06:49,643 You are talking of so, so many times God. 78 00:06:49,644 --> 00:06:52,474 All right, I shall teach you a lesson today.” 79 00:06:52,475 --> 00:06:59,134 So he took his sword and wanted to kill his own son; atheist is so unkind, 80 00:06:59,135 --> 00:07:07,104 cruel, that he is prepared to kill his own son, beloved son, five years old. 81 00:07:07,105 --> 00:07:09,904 That is atheism. 82 00:07:09,905 --> 00:07:15,744 And theism, the father who tortured him so much. 83 00:07:15,745 --> 00:07:19,284 So after the death of his father, he’s praying to Nṛsiṁhadeva, 84 00:07:19,285 --> 00:07:22,084 “Please excuse my father.” 85 00:07:22,085 --> 00:07:26,074 This is theism. 86 00:07:26,075 --> 00:07:32,694 So that is the difference between Kṛṣṇa consciousness and ordinary consciousness. 87 00:07:32,695 --> 00:07:36,044 They’re very kind, everyone. 88 00:07:36,045 --> 00:07:40,054 vāñcā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca krpā-sindhubhya eva ca [maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] 89 00:07:40,055 --> 00:07:46,434 You utter this prayer, krpa-sindhubhya eva ca [maṅgalācaraṇa prayers] 90 00:07:46,435 --> 00:07:51,584 Vaiṣṇava is the ocean of mercy. 91 00:07:51,585 --> 00:07:54,014 There is no end. 92 00:07:54,015 --> 00:07:59,964 As you cannot, I mean to say, draw all the waters from the ocean, 93 00:07:59,965 --> 00:08:01,944 it is not possible. 94 00:08:01,945 --> 00:08:07,174 Similarly, a Vaiṣṇava, a devotee, ocean of mercy. 95 00:08:07,175 --> 00:08:16,574 You can draw from it as much mercy as you like; still, it is full. 96 00:08:16,575 --> 00:08:24,145 So Prahlāda Mahārāja is the symbolic representation of Vaiṣṇava. 97 00:08:24,146 --> 00:08:30,315 So try to be not imitator, but follower. 98 00:08:30,316 --> 00:08:35,645 Don’t try to imitate: “Oh, Prahlāda Mahārāja was thrown into boiling oil. 99 00:08:35,646 --> 00:08:41,005 Let me try, fall into the boiling oil.” 100 00:08:41,006 --> 00:08:41,345 No. 101 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:42,805 That is imitation. 102 00:08:42,806 --> 00:08:48,125 [indistinct] …first of all you become like Prahlāda Mahārāja, 103 00:08:48,126 --> 00:08:50,115 then that will be possible. 104 00:08:50,116 --> 00:08:56,185 Don’t try to make experimental. 105 00:08:56,186 --> 00:08:58,645 That is not good. 106 00:08:58,646 --> 00:09:01,505 But follow, try to follow. 107 00:09:01,506 --> 00:09:04,475 mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ [Cc. Madhya 17.186] 108 00:09:04,476 --> 00:09:09,925 Mahājanas, great personalities, what they have done, you cannot imitate them. 109 00:09:09,926 --> 00:09:12,715 You have to follow them. 110 00:09:12,716 --> 00:09:17,895 You have to follow the instruction of Kṛṣṇa or His representative, 111 00:09:17,896 --> 00:09:19,445 but you cannot imitate them. 112 00:09:19,446 --> 00:09:24,035 Then you’ll fall down. 113 00:09:24,036 --> 00:09:27,083 Anusaraṇa. 114 00:09:27,084 --> 00:09:29,153 Not anukaraṇa. 115 00:09:29,154 --> 00:09:34,453 Anukaraṇa means imitation; but anusaraṇa, follow. 116 00:09:34,454 --> 00:09:39,433 So what Prahlāda Mahārāja did, that we have to follow his example. 117 00:09:39,434 --> 00:09:48,133 His example was that in spite of continuous torturing by his father, 118 00:09:48,134 --> 00:09:53,083 he never forgot Kṛṣṇa. 119 00:09:53,084 --> 00:09:55,133 This we have to follow. 120 00:09:55,134 --> 00:10:02,483 In spite of all kinds of inconveniences and torture by the atheist class of men, 121 00:10:02,484 --> 00:10:08,923 we shall never forget Kṛṣṇa consciousness. 122 00:10:08,924 --> 00:10:12,034 There were many examples. 123 00:10:12,035 --> 00:10:16,984 Just like Lord Jesus Christ, he was tortured. 124 00:10:16,985 --> 00:10:24,924 So he was crucified, but he never agreed that there is no God. 125 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:26,774 So that should be our motto. 126 00:10:26,775 --> 00:10:29,904 This is following. 127 00:10:29,905 --> 00:10:36,074 Either you be Christian or be Hindu or be any, but be God conscious. 128 00:10:36,075 --> 00:10:38,294 Kṛṣṇa conscious is God conscious. 129 00:10:38,295 --> 00:10:43,124 And in any circumstances do not forget. 130 00:10:43,125 --> 00:10:44,534 That is called śaraṇāgati. 131 00:10:44,535 --> 00:10:47,674 That is surrender. 132 00:10:47,675 --> 00:10:59,744 So Prahlāda Mahārāja is protected by Nṛsiṁhadeva, and… Now, it is a fact 133 00:10:59,745 --> 00:11:06,014 that an atheist like Hiraṇyakaśipu, who denied the existence of God, 134 00:11:06,015 --> 00:11:12,564 so he was shown God at his last stage of life. 135 00:11:12,565 --> 00:11:19,314 So the atheist will see God, but when he will see, his life is finished. 136 00:11:19,315 --> 00:11:22,324 That means death. 137 00:11:22,325 --> 00:11:28,824 Atheist will see God in the form of death. 138 00:11:28,825 --> 00:11:33,735 And theist, Kṛṣṇa conscious devotee, will see God 139 00:11:33,736 --> 00:11:36,345 twenty-four hours within his heart. 140 00:11:36,346 --> 00:11:41,045 That is the difference. 141 00:11:41,046 --> 00:11:44,065 Nobody can avoid death. 142 00:11:44,066 --> 00:11:46,855 So atheist will see God. 143 00:11:46,856 --> 00:11:51,975 If he denies God, but he will see God in the form of death. 144 00:11:51,976 --> 00:11:55,555 That is explained in the Bhagavad-gītā, 145 00:11:55,556 --> 00:12:04,335 that every moment our things are being taken away by time. 146 00:12:04,336 --> 00:12:06,665 It is not difficult to understand. 147 00:12:06,666 --> 00:12:14,525 Just like my age, seventy-four years, seventy-five, that means seventy-four years 148 00:12:14,526 --> 00:12:20,795 from my whole duration of life is already taken away. 149 00:12:20,796 --> 00:12:25,965 Therefore everyone of you should think that every moment, 150 00:12:25,966 --> 00:12:31,745 whatever asset you have got, the most valuable asset is the life, duration of life. 151 00:12:31,746 --> 00:12:35,105 That is being taken away. 152 00:12:35,106 --> 00:12:37,465 That is the law of nature. 153 00:12:37,466 --> 00:12:44,435 And the last taking away is death. 154 00:12:44,436 --> 00:12:51,395 So Kṛṣṇa says that mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham [Bg. 10.34] 155 00:12:51,396 --> 00:12:54,315 Mṛtyu, or death, takes away everything. 156 00:12:54,316 --> 00:12:59,726 Your education, title, M.A, Ph.D, D.A.C, your bank balance, 157 00:12:59,727 --> 00:13:03,486 millions of dollars, your good name, your house, your family, 158 00:13:03,487 --> 00:13:08,696 your friends, your country—all taken away. 159 00:13:08,697 --> 00:13:11,036 All taken away. 160 00:13:11,037 --> 00:13:15,166 So for atheist, this is God. 161 00:13:15,167 --> 00:13:19,296 When He’ll take away everything, he’ll understand, “Yes, there is God.” 162 00:13:19,297 --> 00:13:21,196 Yes. 163 00:13:21,197 --> 00:13:24,876 Just like a civil disobedient person, 164 00:13:24,877 --> 00:13:30,106 when he’s arrested and he’s put into the bars and given severe punishment, 165 00:13:30,107 --> 00:13:33,816 then he understands, “Yes, there is government. 166 00:13:33,817 --> 00:13:35,306 There is government.” 167 00:13:35,307 --> 00:13:38,126 So government is there. 168 00:13:38,127 --> 00:13:42,186 For a nice citizen, government is there; 169 00:13:42,187 --> 00:13:45,436 he’s taking all advantage offered by the government 170 00:13:45,437 --> 00:13:47,256 and he’s obeying the laws of the government. 171 00:13:47,257 --> 00:13:50,416 No trouble. 172 00:13:50,417 --> 00:13:52,696 But one who says 173 00:13:52,697 --> 00:13:54,236 “I don’t care for the government. 174 00:13:54,237 --> 00:13:56,256 I am free. 175 00:13:56,257 --> 00:13:58,887 I shall become naked…” 176 00:13:58,888 --> 00:14:06,097 Just like that John Lennon; he exposed himself naked, 177 00:14:06,098 --> 00:14:11,507 and government stopped immediately, that “You cannot do this.” 178 00:14:11,508 --> 00:14:13,317 So things are going like that. 179 00:14:13,318 --> 00:14:17,657 Atheist class of men, they’re declaring themselves free, no God, 180 00:14:17,658 --> 00:14:24,277 and that is all nonsense—mūḍha. 181 00:14:24,278 --> 00:14:27,447 They have been described as mūḍha. 182 00:14:27,448 --> 00:14:32,607 First-class fool. 183 00:14:32,608 --> 00:14:37,147 na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhā prapadyante narādhamāḥ [Bg. 7.15] 184 00:14:37,148 --> 00:14:40,227 Study Bhagavad-gītā; everything is there. 185 00:14:40,228 --> 00:14:46,077 Those who are narādhama, lowest of the mankind. 186 00:14:46,078 --> 00:14:51,717 As the lowest of the mankind is atheist, similarly, the highest of the mankind 187 00:14:51,718 --> 00:14:56,737 is Kṛṣṇa conscious. 188 00:14:56,738 --> 00:15:00,687 So try to be the highest kind of mankind. 189 00:15:00,688 --> 00:15:06,147 The world is suffering for want of highest kind of mankind. 190 00:15:06,148 --> 00:15:09,987 And be an example. 191 00:15:09,988 --> 00:15:18,957 So you’ll learn this lesson in this day of the advent of Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva. 192 00:15:18,958 --> 00:15:28,289 Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. 193 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:28,291 Subtitles by Gopī Kāntā Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com