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ANNOUNCER: Next is a
morning walk conversation,
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with His Divine Grace
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
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recorded on August 2nd,
1976 at the Paris farm.
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PRABHUPĀDA: If you
want to please yourself…
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Everyone is trying to please
himself, but here is the formula:
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yenātmā samprasīdati
[SB 1.2.6]
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Ātmā means the soul, the Supersoul,
the mind and the body also.
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According to the
different position,
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the ātmā is accepted in
different angles of vision.
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But on the whole we are searching
after bodily comforts, mental peace,
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and satisfaction of the soul and
satisfaction of the Supersoul.
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So this is the only process.
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yato bhaktir adhokṣaje
[SB 1.2.6]
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If you engage yourself
in devotional service,
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Bhakti, sa vai puṁsāṁ
paro dharmo [SB 1.2.6].
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And that is the topmost
system of religion.
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There are different
religious systems,
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different parts of the
world, of the universe.
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But the real purpose of religion
is yato bhaktir adhokṣaje:
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How to become engaged in the
service of the Lord, that is religion.
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And this service of the
Lord cannot be checked.
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ahaituky apratihatā
[SB 1.2.6]
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It is not that for certain reason one has
to engage himself in devotional service.
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It is spontaneous.
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And apratihatā, without any check.
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Just like we are sitting down
here, there is no check.
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Anywhere we can sit down.
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Of course, sometimes the
climatic condition [is] different,
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but there are different
climates also.
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In India we have got almost
all the year climate like this,
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except in the rainy season—
that is also not constantly.
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Therefore,
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India is supposed to be the best place
for developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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because the climate
is very suitable.
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So here also, now this climate.
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It is not conditional,
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but you can perform devotional
service, kīrtana, without any check.
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Not that we have to live in
that palace, then we can chant.
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No.
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We can live, we can sit down
underneath a tree and chant.
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There is no limit.
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We can go on.
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So we have to adjust things in such
a way that without any condition,
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without any check, we can go
on with our devotional service.
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Just like we can sit
down here or anywhere.
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Here is the opportunity.
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This land is very good.
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You can sit down anywhere and
chant this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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There is no need of chair or cushion
or nothing, then ahaituky apratihatā.
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Any condition.
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And, yenātmā samprasīdati,
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that will please your everything:
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your heart, your mind, your
body, your soul, everything.
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yenātmā samprasīdati
[SB 1.2.6]
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Easiest method for achieving
the highest perfection of life.
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So go on with this process
without any check and be happy.
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Thank you very much.
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DEVOTEES: Jaya Prabhupāda!
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From tape #760802RC.NMR:
“ror-ror-ror-ror-ror-ror-ror.”
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What is called?
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Flyway, expressway, downway,
every ten yards stop for the light.
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How artificial life.
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And with all these things, if people
would have been happy, all right.
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But they’re not happy, in
spite of all this advancement.
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HARI-ŚAURI: Yes; simply increasing their miseries.
- That’s all.
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Problems.
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The bigger the buildings,
the more anxiety they’re in.
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[Indistinct] many cars, they new
construct new roads, new…
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Increasing business, in
the hope of happiness.
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But there is no happiness.
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Happiness is the
last consideration.
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They are thinking that “In
this way we shall be happy.”
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Get more money.
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First of all, paved way, then flyway, then
another flyway, then another flyway…
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In this way.
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bahir-artha-māninaḥ
[SB 7.5.31]
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They’re always
striving for happiness.
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- That’s all; they never achieve it; they never get there.
- No; that is called māyā.
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