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Arr LON 1969-09-11 I Teach What You Have Forgotten
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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 September 11th, 1969, in London, England.
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PRABHUPĀDA: I’m not very much fond of reception.
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I want to know how people give
reception to this movement.
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That is my concern.
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DEVOTEES: Haribol!
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REPORTER: How long will you be in England, sir?
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England, I think I am coming for the second time.
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Last time, in 1967, in when I
was going to India I stayed here
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for two days only and then went away.
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Practically, this is the first time I have come.
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And for how long now?
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That I do not know.
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DEVOTEE: Forever, Prabhupāda!
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I have got so many fathers and mothers to take care,
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so as long as they keep me, I can be.
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MUKUNDA: If any of you gentlemen have questions,
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you can ask them of Prabhupāda.
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Yes. Can I ask is this is a very special welcome for you,
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or is this a performance that you go through each day?
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No.
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Wherever I go, I have got my disciples.
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In the Western countries I have
got now about twenty centers,
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especially in America, Canada.
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So the American boys are very enthusiastic.
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I think…
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Haribol!
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I think I got in Los Angeles and San
Francisco a very great reception.
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And in Ratha-yātrā festival
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about ten thousand boys and
girls followed me for seven miles.
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Haribol!
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What do you try and teach, sir?
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I am trying to teach what you have forgotten.
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Haribol!
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Which is what?
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Hare Kṛṣṇa! [laughter]
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That is God.
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Some of you are saying there is no God,
some of you are saying God is dead,
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and some of you are saying God is impersonal or void.
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These are all nonsense.
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I want to teach all these nonsense that there is God.
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That is my mission.
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Any nonsense can come to me,
I shall prove that there is God.
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That is my Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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It is a challenge to the atheistic people.
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There is God.
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As we are sitting here face to face,
you can see God face to face.
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If you are sincere and if you are serious, that is possible.
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Unfortunately, we are trying to forget God;
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therefore we are embracing so many miseries of life.
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So I am simply preaching that you have
Kṛṣṇa consciousness and be happy.
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Don’t be swayed away by these
nonsense waves of māyā, or illusion.
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That is my request.
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Haribol!
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Is this singing essential to the sustenance of your faith?
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This singing is the process for clearing
the dust accumulated on the heart.
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Our relationship with God is
eternal. It cannot be broken.
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But due to the contact of māyā
we are trying to forget Him.
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But if we chant this holy name of God,
Hare Kṛṣṇa, then māyā will not act,
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and we shall very quickly understand
what is our relationship with God.
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That is the process.
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Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam [Cc. Antya 20.12].
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The Sanskrit word is “cleansing the dirty heart.”
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The dirty… In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said,
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Na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ
prapadyante narādhamāḥ [Bg. 7.15].
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Those who are miscreants, rascals,
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and lowest of the mankind, and taken all knowledge,
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and atheistic class of men,
they do not know what is God.
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Others, those who are virtuous, those
who are inquisitive, those who are wise,
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they will try and they will understand what is God.
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So my appeal to you is that you
try to understand this movement,
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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It is not a bogus movement.
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It is scientific, authorized.
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Any scientist, any philosopher,
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any logician may come and we shall prove
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that there is God and we have
got eternal relationship with God.
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So if you want to [be] happy,
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then you must take to this
Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
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Otherwise the human race is doomed.
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Harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā [SB 5.18.12].
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Anyone who has no God
consciousness, he has no qualification.
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However academically he may be
very rich, he has no qualification.
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Manorathena asato dhāvato bahiḥ [SB 5.18.12].
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His only qualification is mental concoction.
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Mental concoction. That’s all.
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He has no other qualification.
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So we reject all these nonsense.
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We simply accept a sincere soul who
wants to dedicate his life for God’s service.
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So it is not easy thing.
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These boys and girls who are
following me, they are very elevated.
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They are not ordinary boys and girls.
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They have taken to Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Their quality is greater than
any mundane erudite scholar.
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It is a challenge.
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Yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair
guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ [SB 5.18.12].
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Anyone who has developed
Kṛṣṇa consciousness, love of God,
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all good qualities will automatically develop in him.
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All good qualities.
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Test any of our students, how they are
good, how they are advanced. Test it.
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Bring anyone in this world and test any one of our boys.
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You’ll find how much difference there
is in their character, in their feeling,
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in their consciousness.
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So this is the only thing.
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If you want peaceful society, then
you must make them God conscious,
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Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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Everything will be automatically solved.
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Otherwise your so-called United Nations will not help.
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Mr. Billy Graham makes people
God conscious in a different way.
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Can you tell me what you think of him?
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I do not know what is Billy Graham,
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but I am following the Vedic
principle, Bhagavad-gītā as it is.
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Kṛṣṇa says, Sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66].
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God says that “You give up all nonsense
occupation, simply surrender unto Me,
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and I take charge of you and give you protection.”
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This is our philosophy.
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Can I ask you some questions
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about your general attitudes
on things going on around us?
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For instance, what do you feel about
man going to the moon? [laughter]
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This is simply a waste of time.
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I already commented on this
when I was in San Francisco.
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The reporters asked me this very question.
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I flatly replied that it is simply waste
of time and waste of money. That’s all. [laughter]
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What about something very much
nearer to ourselves here in this country,
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and that is a war or civil disturbance is going on…
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Well, war is going on.
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…between Christians?
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No.
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We are not Christian nor Hindu nor Muslim.
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We are God’s servant. That’s all.
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Anyone who is God’s servant, there is no disagreement.
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And when one is māyā’s servant, servant
of māyā, illusion, there is disagreement.
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So it doesn’t matter.
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Our test is, Sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhokṣaje [SB 1.2.6].
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That system of religion is first class
which teaches how to love God.
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That’s all.
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It doesn’t matter whether it is Christian religion,
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Muhammadan religion or Hindu religion.
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We shall see.
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If the follower of the religion
has learned how to love God,
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then his religion is perfect. Otherwise it is useless.
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But do you not think it’s worth
going to such places as Ireland
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and trying to talk to the people
out there to stop warring?
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Now, this is our talking,
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that the first-class religion is that
which teaches how to love God.
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Try to understand this. This is the simple formula.
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Yes, but don’t you think it’s worth
going over there to try and help them?
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We shall see.
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Suppose you are Christian.
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If you have developed your sense
of loving God, then you are perfect,
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your religion is perfect.
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But instead of loving God, if you have
developed your sense of loving dog,
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then you have wasted your time.
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That is our test.
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You want to ask any question?
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Yeah. I think the lady wants
to take you away somewhere.
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[Prabhupāda chuckles]
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REPORTER (2): I think that the wind is up.
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All right.
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I should just like to know how old you are.
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I am?
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I am seventy-four years old.
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I was born in 1896.
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Where abouts?
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In India, Calcutta.
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Are you married, sir?
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Yes.
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I have got my sons, grandsons, my wife, all
living, but I have no connection with them.
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I am a sannyāsī, renounced order.
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I have got elderly sons.
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You say you have no connection with your family?
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No.
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Why?
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Because I have taken sannyāsa. I
have dedicated my life for Kṛṣṇa.
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That is the Vedic system,
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that certain portion of your life you
should simply dedicate for God.
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That is called sannyāsa.
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To do this, did you have to divorce?
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No. There is no question of. We do not know what is divorce.
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In our country there is no divorce, at least in Hindu law.
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Yes.
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Wife and husband, once combined, that is for life.
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There is no question of separation, in all circumstances.
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Either in distress or in happiness,
there is no question of separation.
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Now our modern polit… politicians…
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politicians, they have introduced this divorce law.
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Otherwise, according to Hindu, Manu-
saṁhitā, there is no divorce law.
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When did you renounce your family?
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In 1959.
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How are they managing without you?
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They are managing.
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My sons are grown up; they are earning.
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My wife is also rich man’s daughter.
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She has got some property.
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So they have no problem.
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Do you ever see them at all?
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No. I cannot see.
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I cannot see at least my wife.
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But if my sons and daughters
come to see me, they can see.
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But my wife cannot see me. That is stopped.
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That is the system of sannyāsa. A
sannyāsī cannot meet his wife again.
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That is renouncement.
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Renouncement means renouncing
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connection with woman or renouncing
sex life. That is renouncement.
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Thank you very much.
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All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga! Haribol!
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