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NOD Lect LA 1970-06-23 We Don't Want Petty Gods
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a
class on the Nectar of Devotion,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 23rd of June,
1970, in Los Angeles, California.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Everything alright?
DEVOTEES: Jaya!
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Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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So, we have published
our Nectar of Devotion.
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So every one of you should read
this Nectar of Devotion repeatedly.
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The whole substance of Vaiṣṇava
philosophy and activities:
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Everything is there.
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So, every one of you, read this Nectar
of Devotion once, twice, thrice.
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Unless you have got full-fledged
ideas what is this devotional service…
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That was written by…
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Actually, it was spoken by Lord
Caitanya to Rūpa Gosvāmī.
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For ten days continually He
instructed Rūpa Gosvāmī at Prayāga:
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Daśāśvamedha-ghāṭa.
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You have seen the picture in TLC.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu was at Allahabad,
Prayāga, and Rūpa Gosvāmī met Him there.
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He was offering obeisances
flat; you have seen that picture.
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So, at that time Caitanya Mahāprabhu
personally gave him instruction:
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What is this cult of bhakti.
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So, for ten days.
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And he took note of it,
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and later on he placed this book in
the form of Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.
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That is in Sanskrit.
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It will be difficult for you.
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Therefore, I have presented
a summary study.
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And the summary study
has come to 407 pages.
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If we would have elaborately
described each and every verse,
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then it would have come to
at least [a] thousand pages.
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So, the whole
substance is creamed.
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You should take advantage of this.
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And don’t indulge in
much unnecessary talks.
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Time should be very
properly utilized.
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āyuṣaḥ kṣaṇa eko ’pi
na labhyaḥ svarṇa-koṭibhiḥ
[Cāṇakya Paṇḍita]
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Value of time is so great that [if]
one moment of your life [is] lost,
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it cannot be returned even in
exchange of millions of dollars.
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Therefore every moment
should be properly utilized.
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avyartha kālatvam
[Cc. Madhya 23.18]
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When one is advanced
in Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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his business becomes to see,
“Whether I am wasting my time.”
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That is one of the signs:
Advanced devotee.
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avyartha kālatvam
[Cc. Madhya 23.18-19]
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nāma-gāne sadā ruci
[Cc. Madhya 23.32]
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Attachment for chanting always.
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prītis tad-vasati sthale
[Cc Madhya 23.19]
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And attraction or attachment for living
in the temple, vasati, where Kṛṣṇa lives.
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Kṛṣṇa lives everywhere,
but specifically,
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to give us chance to meet, He lives in
the temple or in places like Vṛndāvana.
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So, prītis tad-vasati
sthale [Cc Madhya 23.19].
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One should be enhanced in attachment
for living where Kṛṣṇa is living.
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prétis tad-[vasati] [Cc Madhya 23.19];
nāma-gāne sadā ruci [Cc. Madhya 23.32].
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And taste for singing
always the holy name.
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These are development.
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ādau śraddhā tataḥ sādhu-saṅgaḥ
[Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.4.15]
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All of you who come
here: It is out of śraddhā.
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Some, what is called… What is the
exact English word for śraddhā?
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Devotion, you can take: Devotion.
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Those who come here,
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their first principle is they
have some regard that,
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“This Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement is nice. Let me see.”
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So this is the beginning.
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ādau śraddhā
[Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]
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And then sādhu-saṅgaḥ: Then
associate with these devotees.
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Then, after some time,
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when he’s little advanced more,
then he is eager to become initiated.
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This is third stage, as some of these
students are going to be initiated today.
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The initiation means
bhajana-kriyā.
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Actually executing
devotional service: Initiation.
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And if one actually executes devotional
service, then anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt;
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then all nonsense
habits will disappear.
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Then I’ll not have to stress on the
point these four regulative principles.
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Automatically it will go away.
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That is the test.
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How one has properly utilized
his initiation will be tested
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that he has no more attraction
for these four principles:
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illicit sex, intoxication,
gambling, and meat-eating.
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They will automatically go.
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There is no need of asking.
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anartha-nivṛttiḥ syāt
[Cc. Madhya 23.14]
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Then ruci.
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When one is freed from all
these prohibitive principles,
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then he develops a taste,
tato ruci—tato niṣṭhā.
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Then he’s steadily confirmed.
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Athāsaktiḥ.
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Then attachment: He cannot go.
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He cannot go.
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athāsaktis tato bhāvaḥ
[Cc. Madhya 23.15]
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Then ecstasy.
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Then he comes to the
platform of love of Godhead.
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When that platform is reached,
then everything is successful.
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And if that platform is not reached,
then everything is simply waste of time.
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But in the beginning, if
you follow these principles,
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as laid down by Śrīla Rūpa
Gosvāmī and other ācāryas…
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So these things, one after another,
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everything is very clearly explained
in this Nectar of Devotion.
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So each chapter you
should read very carefully.
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And if you cannot understand,
read it repeatedly.
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Don’t all of a sudden, reading one
or two page, immediately question,
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“Prabhupāda, what is this?
What is this? What is this?”
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Go on reading, and the answers
will automatically come.
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So, this book is… This valuable
book is now published.
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You should take full advantage.
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So, chant.
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