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Arr MIA 1975-02-25 Real Success is to Get Out of the --etc
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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 February 25th,
1975, in Miami, Florida.
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PRABHUPĀDA: So, I am very
glad to see this Miami temple.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu and
Nityānanda has come here.
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It is great fortune for you.
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Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu appeared
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for delivering all kinds of
fallen souls in this age.
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Śrīla Narottama
dāsa Ṭhākura sings,
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pāpī-tāpī yāta chilo, hari-nāme
uddhārilo, tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi.
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So, brajendra-nandana
yei, śacī-suta hoilo sei,
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balarāma hoilo nitāi
[Hari Hari Bifale]
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The same Kṛṣṇa and
same Balarāma…
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Kṛṣṇa has appeared as
the son of mother Śacī,
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and Balarāma has
appeared as Nityānanda,
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and Their business is to deliver all fallen
souls, especially in this age: Kali-yuga.
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So, Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mission was
that He should be present by His name,
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by His form, by His pastimes, in
every town and village of the world.
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And you are fulfilling His mission.
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So undoubtedly,
you will be blessed
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and you will get Kṛṣṇa’s mercy through
the mercy of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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To understand Kṛṣṇa
is not so easy thing.
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manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu
kaścid yatati siddhaye
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yatatām api siddhānāṁ
kaścid vetti māṁ tattvataḥ
[Bg. 7.3]
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Out of many thousands,
millions [of] people,
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one is anxious to make
his life successful.
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Nobody is interested.
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Practically they do not know
what is actually success of life.
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The modern civilization,
everyone is thinking,
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“If I get a good wife and nice motorcar
and a nice apartment, that is success.”
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That is not success.
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That is temporary.
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Real success is to get out
of the clutches of māyā:
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Means this material conditional life
which comprehends birth, death,
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old age and disease.
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We are passing through many varieties
of life, and this human form of life
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is a good chance to get out of this chain
of changing body one after another.
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The soul is eternal and blissful because
[it is] part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, God,
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sac-cid-ānanda, eternal, full
of bliss, full of knowledge.
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Unfortunately, in this material, conditional
life we are changing different bodies,
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but we are not
getting situated again
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in that spiritual platform where
there is no birth, no death.
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There is no science.
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The other day one
psychiatrist came to see me.
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“And where is your education
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for understanding the soul—
his constitutional position?”
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So practically the whole
world is in darkness.
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They are interested with fifty, sixty
or hundred years of this span of life,
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but they do not know
that we are eternal,
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blissful and full of knowledge,
and due to this material body
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you’re subjected to birth,
death, old age and disease.
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And this is going on continuously.
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So Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, out of His
great compassion for the fallen souls:
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He appeared.
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Kṛṣṇa comes also.
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But Kṛṣṇa is not so liberal.
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Kṛṣṇa makes condition that
“First of all you surrender.
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Then I take charge of you.”
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But Caitanya Mahāprabhu is
more compassionate than Kṛṣṇa,
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although Kṛṣṇa and Caitanya
Mahāprabhu: The same thing.
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So by Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy
we are so easily understanding Kṛṣṇa.
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So that Caitanya
Mahāprabhu is present here.
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You worship Him.
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It is not very difficult.
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yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
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kṛṣṇa-varṇaṁ tviṣākṛṣṇaṁ
sāṅgopāṅgāstra-pārṣadam
[SB 11.5.32]
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Yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanam.
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You simply chant Hare Kṛṣṇa
mantra, and whatever you can,
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offer Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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He is very kind.
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He does not take offense.
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Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa worship
is little difficult.
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We have to worship Him with
great awe and veneration.
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But Caitanya Mahāprabhu has voluntarily
come to deliver the fallen souls.
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Little service: He is satisfied.
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He will be satisfied.
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But no ne… Don’t…
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Do not neglect.
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Because He is very kind
and compassionate,
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that does not mean we
should forget His position.
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He is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
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So we should offer Him very great
respect, and as far possible…
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But the advantage is that Caitanya
Mahāprabhu does not take any offense.
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And to worship Him—to
please Him—is very easy.
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yajñaiḥ saṅkīrtanaiḥ prāyair
yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ
[SB 11.5.32]
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Simply you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa
mahā-mantra and dance,
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and Caitanya Mahāprabhu
will be very pleased.
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He introduced this
dancing and chanting,
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and this is the [indistinct] easiest
process for God realization.
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So, as far as possible…
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If possible, twenty-four hours.
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And if that is not possible, at least four
times, six times, chant Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra
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before Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and
you will get success in your life.
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This is a fact.
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So I am very glad that you are worshiping
Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Nityānanda Prabhu.
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So, continue to do this.
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There is no need of installing Rādhā-
Kṛṣṇa; at least at the present moment.
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When you become more advanced in
spiritual consciousness, you can establish.
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But even if you do not
establish: It doesn’t matter.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu is sufficient.
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śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya
rādhā-kṛṣṇa nahe anya
[Caitanya Bhāgavata]
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu is
combination of Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
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In one place you worship
Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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So, I see this place is very nice,
and you are also very nice.
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And, take advantage of this opportunity,
and go on chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra,
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and worship Lord Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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He will bless you sufficiently
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to become successful in getting shelter
of the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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Thank you very much.
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