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Lect LA 1969-02-09 Guaranteed Relief
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ANNOUNCER: The
following is a lecture
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given by His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on the 9th of February,
1969, in Los Angeles, California.
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PRABHUPĀDA: Good medicine, good
physician, many people are dying.
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It is not guaranteed.
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Suppose one is diseased, suffering.
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“If you engage good,
qualified physician,
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good medicine, and therefore
there is guarantee of cure.”
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No.
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There is no guarantee.
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The medical practitioners
say, “We cannot guarantee.
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We are trying our best.
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That’s all.”
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Similarly, when a person
is drowning in the water,
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if you send a good boat to save
him, that is also not guaranteed.
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In this way, if we study that
we are completely dependent
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on something else…
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Our process of making
ourself independent…
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We may manufacture so many things
for our independence, but śāstra says,
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unless there is protection from the
Supreme Personality of Godhead,
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these methods and
processes will not save us.
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tāvat tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad-upekṣitānām
[SB 7.9.19]
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If Kṛṣṇa does not like,
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does not wish that “These children
will suffer in spite of good parents,”
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so that suffering
nobody can check.
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“This man must drown in spite of very nice
good boat and ship”—nobody can check.
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“This man must die in spite of good
physician and medicine”—he must die.
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Therefore our first relief, guaranteed
relief, is this shelter of Kṛṣṇa.
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If you take shelter of Kṛṣṇa,
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even there is some deficiencies in the
matter of protecting us, Kṛṣṇa will save.
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Therefore we should
depend on Kṛṣṇa.
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That is called śaraṇāgati, surrender, to
believe that “Kṛṣṇa will give us protection.”
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Without Kṛṣṇa’s protection,
no other protection is valid.
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There is no guarantee.
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So in every way we shall
surrender to Kṛṣṇa.
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Kṛṣṇa also guarantees,
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ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi
[Bg 18.66]
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Our sufferings are due
to our sinful activities.
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So Kṛṣṇa gives guarantee that
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ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi
[Bg 18.66]
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“I shall save you from all
kinds of sinful reaction.”
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So śaraṇāgati, surrender to
Kṛṣṇa, is our only business.
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The Kṛṣṇa consciousness
movement is trying to teach people
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to, not to declare independence,
which is not possible,
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nor to try to make this
world happy without Kṛṣṇa.
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That is not possible.
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That is our propaganda.
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Whatever you do, you take
shelter of Kṛṣṇa, or God.
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“Kṛṣṇa” is the most
explicit term for God.
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God may have many names.
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Kṛṣṇa is the perfect name.
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God has no name; some
philosophers say like that.
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No name means that His name is
understood by His different action.
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Just like Kṛṣṇa is sometimes
called Yaśodā-nandana.
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Because He has accepted mother
Yaśodā, to become her son,
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therefore Kṛṣṇa’s name
is Yaśodā-nandana.
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Kṛṣṇa’s name is Pārtha-sārathi.
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Why?
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Because Kṛṣṇa has accepted to
become a chariot driver of Arjuna.
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Pārtha means Arjuna, and
sārathi means chariot driver.
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So Kṛṣṇa’s name
became Pārtha-sārathi.
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Kṛṣṇa used to steal butter from the
stock of His mother’s butter stock;
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therefore Kṛṣṇa’s name
is Mākhana-cora.
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So in this way Kṛṣṇa’s
name are varieties.
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Kṛṣṇa has unlimited
number of activities,
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and according to such activity
He has got unlimited names.
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But the primary name which is
applicable in all circumstances is “Kṛṣṇa.”
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Kṛṣṇa means “all-attractive.”
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Kṛṣṇa attracts everyone.
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Otherwise how you’re attracted?
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If Kṛṣṇa is not all-attractive…
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From the beginning of your
life you never heard of Kṛṣṇa,
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neither you knew about Kṛṣṇa.
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Why you are attracted? [splice]
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So Kṛṣṇa is all-attractive.
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That is the perfect
name of God, “Kṛṣṇa.”
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Otherwise, Kṛṣṇa has got many names,
sahasra nāme, thousands of name. [splice]
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So,
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kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam
[SB 1.3.28]
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According to Vedic literature, Kṛṣṇa is the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, svayam.
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Svayam means original.
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Kṛṣṇa has many
extension, incarnation.
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We are also Kṛṣṇa’s extension.
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We are, all living entities, we
are also Kṛṣṇa’s extension.
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We are called vibhinnāṁśa,
separated extension.
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Separated extension means just like
this finger is the part of your body,
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but when it is separated from
the body some for reason…
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The finger’s name is
“finger,” but it is separated;
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it is no longer used
for the whole body.
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Similarly, the
conditioned souls, we…
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We have come to this material world being
conditioned by the laws of material nature;
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therefore our so-called
independence is bogus.
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There is no independence.
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We are completely under
the grip of material nature,
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so therefore we are separated.
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When we are again joined with
Kṛṣṇa, then we are one with Kṛṣṇa.
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Just like this finger is one with this
body; although it is called finger,
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but it is the same.
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The importance of the finger
is as good as the whole body.
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Similarly, when we shall
join again with Kṛṣṇa,
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then we become as good as
Kṛṣṇa, advaya-jñāna, absolute.
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Just yesterday, day before
yesterday, I was explaining,
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aṅgāni yasya sakalendriya-vṛtti-manti
[Bs 5.32]
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Every part, every limb of Kṛṣṇa has got
the potency of acting like other limb.
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We can see only with our eyes, but
Kṛṣṇa can eat also with His eyes.
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Therefore absolute.
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So Kṛṣṇa’s part and parcel
is also one with Kṛṣṇa.
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In the spiritual world
there is no two.
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All one, one unit.
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This will take time to understand.
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Theoretically we can understand.
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And here, in this material
world, we are all separated.
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Therefore, just like if electric bulbs
are separated from the powerhouse,
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practically it has no value, similarly,
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so long we are separated
from Kṛṣṇa, we have no value.
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sthānād bhraṣṭāḥ patanty adhaḥ
[SB 11.5.3]
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[splice] Sthānāt means from the
right position one falls down.
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So by Kṛṣṇa consciousness, by
reviving your Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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by engaging yourself in Kṛṣṇa’s service,
you revive your original position.
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That is called liberation.
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Now we are not liberated; we
are dependent on so many laws,
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so many conditions, although we are very
much proud and puffed-up, independent.
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Who is independent?
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Nobody is independent.
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It is not possible to
become independent.
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It is simply false
pride, independent.
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So don’t try to
become independent.
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Please try to become
dependent on Kṛṣṇa.
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That will make your life successful.
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Thank you.
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