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Cc A 1-04 MAY 1975-03-28 Every One of You--Become a Guru
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ANNOUNCER: The following is a
class on the Caitanya-caritāmṛta,
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Ādi-līlā volume 1,
chapter 1, text number 4,
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on March 28th,
1975, in Māyāpur, India.
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NITĀI: “May that Lord, who is known
as the son of Śrīmatī Śacīdevī,
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be transcendentally situated in the
innermost chambers of your heart.
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Resplendent with the
radiance of molten gold,
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He has appeared in the age of Kali
by His causeless mercy to bestow
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what no incarnation ever offered
before: the most sublime and radiant
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spiritual knowledge of the
mellow taste of His service.”
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PRABHUPĀDA:
anarpita-carīṁ cirāt
karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
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samarpayitum unnata ujjvala-rasāṁ
sva-bhakti-śriyam
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hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-
dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
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sadā hṛdaya-kandare
sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandana
[Cc. Ādi 1.4]
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This is the blessings of Śrīla
Rūpa Gosvāmī upon everyone.
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Śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ
sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
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svayaṁ rūpaḥ kadā mahyaṁ
dadāti sva-padāntikam
[Sri Rūpa Pranama]
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We should pray to Rūpa Gosvāmī
for his blessings, so that we can
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understand what is the actual
position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is
the most merciful incarnation,
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to bestow upon us Kṛṣṇa-prema.
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī understood it,
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Śrīla Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya
understood it, and we should take
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their viewpoint of view, what they have
studied about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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So Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says…
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In the beginning Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu was,
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appreciated by Śrīla Rūpa
Gosvāmī as mahā-vadānyāvatāra.
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There are many
incarnations of Kṛṣṇa,
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keśava dhṛta-mīna-śarīra
jaya jagadīśa hare
[Sri Dasavatara-stotra Text 1]
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keśava dhṛta-nṛsiṁha-rūpa
jaya jagadīśa…
[Sri Dasavatara-stotra Text 4]
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Many incarnations… But this
incarnation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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is anarpita-carīṁ cirāt. [Cc. Ādi 1.4]
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The mercy of this
incarnation is unlimited.
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It was never given before.
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That is Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s mercy.
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He distributed the most confidential
part of love of Godhead.
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Although we are living in
this fallen age, Kali-yuga,
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but He is giving the topmost
platform of loving Kṛṣṇa.
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anarpita-carīṁ cirāt
[Cc. Ādi 1.4]
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Therefore He is supposed to be
the most munificent incarnation.
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namo mahā-vadānyāya
kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te
[Madhya 19.53]
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He is giving directly Kṛṣṇa-prema.
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It is very difficult to understand Kṛṣṇa,
and what to speak of His loving affairs.
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It is very difficult.
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manuṣyāṇāṁ sahasreṣu
kaścid yatati siddhaye
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yatatām api siddhānāṁ
kaścit vetti māṁ tattvataḥ
[Bg. 7.3]
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Kṛṣṇa personally says that it is
very difficult to understand Him.
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Actually it is so.
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But Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy
is so unlimited, that He is helping,
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not only to understand Kṛṣṇa, but
also He is giving directly love of Kṛṣṇa,
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and the supermost platform of love,
as it was experienced by the gopīs.
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The gopīs’ dealing with Kṛṣṇa is
considered to be the topmost.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
He recommended,
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ramyā kācid upāsanā vrajavadhū-
vargeṇa yā kalpitā
[Caitanya-manjusa]
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Vrajavadhū, the gopīs, the
damsels of Vṛndāvana,
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they worship Kṛṣṇa in the
topmost loving affairs.
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They did not know
anything but Kṛṣṇa.
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For Kṛṣṇa they could
sacrifice anything—
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their honor, their prestige, everything,
their husband, their sons, family.
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That is the gopīs’ standard.
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Therefore Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s incarnation,
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is accepted by Śrīla Rūpa
Gosvāmī in many verses.
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One of the verses is here,
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anarpita-carīṁ cirāt
karuṇayāvatīrṇaḥ kalau
[Cc. Ādi 1.4]
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So we should take shelter of
Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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That is the blessing
of Rūpa Gosvāmī.
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He says,
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hariḥ puraṭa-sundara-
dyuti-kadamba-sandīpitaḥ
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sadā hṛdaya-kandare
sphuratu vaḥ śacī-nandana
[Cc. Ādi 1.4]
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He is giving His blessing that “This form of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari,
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may always remain within
your…, in the core of your heart.”
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If we simply keep Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu within our heart,
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then it will be very easy to
understand what is Kṛṣṇa,
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because if you understand Kṛṣṇa,
then your life is successful.
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janma karma ca divyaṁ
me yo jānāti tattvataḥ
[Bg. 4.9]
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That is only… Our Kṛṣṇa
consciousness movement means,
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just try to understand Kṛṣṇa;
then your life is successful.
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Kṛṣṇa says, “Anyone who understands Me,
why I come here, what is My activities,”
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tyaktvā dehaṁ punar janma
[Bg. 4.9] “He becomes liberated.
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After giving up this body, he does
not accept any material body.
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In his own spiritual body he goes
back to home, back to Godhead.”
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This is our Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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So if you don’t go through Śrī
Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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it will be very difficult
to understand Kṛṣṇa.
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That is practical.
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Just like you young boys and
girls from Western countries.
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You have taken up
Kṛṣṇa so seriously.
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Why?
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Because we are trying to understand
Kṛṣṇa through Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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So we should follow this principle.
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There will be no difficulty
to understand Kṛṣṇa.
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And as soon as you understand
Kṛṣṇa, your life is successful.
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Of course, we cannot
understand Kṛṣṇa fully.
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As far as possible, at
least if we understand,
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that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, this much is sufficient.
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This much is sufficient.
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kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
[SB 1.3.28]
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Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā,
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mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat
kiñcid asti dhanañjaya
[Bg. 7.7]
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ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ [Bg. 10.8]
aham ādir hi devānām [Bg. 10.2]
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These things are there, already stated,
but the so-called scholars and politicians,
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they misinterpret in a different
way and mislead the people.
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That is going on.
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Therefore, in spite of Bhagavad-
gītā being read all over the world,
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for the last two hundred years, not a
single person became a devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
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This is the defect.
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So let us try to understand Kṛṣṇa
through Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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and as we have repeatedly said, that
“Through Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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you understand Kṛṣṇa and spread
this cult all over the world.”
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People are suffering for
want of knowledge of Kṛṣṇa.
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So this movement
especially meant,
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to establish the cult of Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The cult of Śrī Caitanya
Mahāprabhu is,
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that you become, every one
of you, you become a guru.
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How to become guru?
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Now, yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-
upadeśa. [Cc. Madhya 7.128]
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Simply that qualification is sufficient;
don’t adulterate the ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa.
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[indistinct] …simply present
what Kṛṣṇa says as it is.
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Then every one of you
will become a guru.
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Don’t adulterate—“I
think,” “In my opinion.”
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These nonsense things
should be given up.
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We should always be aware that
we are insignificant creature.
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Our opinion and
thinking has no value.
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This should be the first principle.
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Why should you give opinion
on the words of Kṛṣṇa?
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Are you more authoritative
person than Kṛṣṇa?
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This is foolishness, to try to
become more than Kṛṣṇa.
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There are so many rascals.
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They present that “Now we have
advanced; we know more than Kṛṣṇa.”
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So be saved from these rascals.
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Then you will understand Kṛṣṇa,
and through Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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you will understand what
is the position of Kṛṣṇa,
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what is your relationship with Kṛṣṇa,
what is the ultimate goal of life.
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These things will be
clearly exhibited.
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And Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
is written for this purpose,
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so that a person who is serious
about Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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may understand Kṛṣṇa through the
mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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This is wanted.
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You cannot jump over
Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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without going through the mercy
of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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And to go through Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu means,
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to go through the six Gosvāmīs.
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This is paramparā system.
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Therefore Narottama
dāsa Ṭhākura says,
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ei chay gosāi jār—tār mui dās
tā-sabāra pada-reṇu mora pañca-grās
[Nama Sankirtana 6]
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This is paramparā system;
you cannot jump over.
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You must go through
the paramparā system.
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You have to approach through your
spiritual master to the Gosvāmīs,
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and through the Gosvāmīs you will have
to approach Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu,
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and through Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
you have to approach Kṛṣṇa.
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This is the way.
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Therefore Narottama
dāsa Ṭhākura said,
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ei chay gosāi jār—tār mui dās
[Nama Sankirtana 6]
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We are servant of servant.
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That is Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s instruction,
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gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor
dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ
[Cc. Madhya 13.80]
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The more you become servant of the
servant, the more you are perfect.
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And if you all of a sudden want to
become master, then you go to hell.
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That’s all.
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Don’t do that.
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This is the teaching of Śrī
Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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If you go through the servant, servant,
servant, then you are advanced.
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And if you think that you have now
become master, then you are going to hell.
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This is the process.
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Dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ.
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Caitanya Mahāprabhu said.
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So servant, servant, servant, a
hundred times servant now,
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that means he is advanced.
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He is advanced.
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And one who is becoming directly
master, then he is in the hell.
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So anarpita-carīṁ cirāt
[Vidagdha-mādhava 1.2]
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So we should always remember the
instruction of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī.
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Therefore we pray,
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ṣrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ
sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
[Sri Rupa Pranama]
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Our mission is to establish the
desire of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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That is our business.
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śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ
sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale
[Sri Rupa Pranama]
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī did it.
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He has given us so many books,
especially Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu,
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which we have translated into
English as Nectar of Devotion,
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to understand the science
of devotional service.
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This is the greatest contribution of Śrīla
Rūpa Gosvāmī, how to become a devotee.
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How to become a devotee.
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It is not sentiment; it is science.
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This Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement is a great science.
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