MW PAR 1976-08-02 Master=Slave
ANNOUNCER: Next is a morning walk conversation,
with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda,
recorded on August 2nd, 1976 at the Paris farm.
PRABHUPĀDA: If you want to please yourself…
Everyone is trying to please himself, but here is the formula:
yenātmā samprasīdati [SB 1.2.6]
Ātmā means the soul, the Supersoul, the mind and the body also.
According to the different position,
the ātmā is accepted in different angles of vision.
But on the whole we are searching after bodily comforts, mental peace,
and satisfaction of the soul and satisfaction of the Supersoul.
So this is the only process.
yato bhaktir adhokṣaje [SB 1.2.6]
If you engage yourself in devotional service,
Bhakti, sa vai puṁsāṁ paro dharmo [SB 1.2.6].
And that is the topmost system of religion.
There are different religious systems,
different parts of the world, of the universe.
But the real purpose of religion is yato bhaktir adhokṣaje:
How to become engaged in the service of the Lord, that is religion.
And this service of the Lord cannot be checked.
ahaituky apratihatā [SB 1.2.6]
It is not that for certain reason one has to engage himself in devotional service.
It is spontaneous.
And apratihatā, without any check.
Just like we are sitting down here, there is no check.
Anywhere we can sit down.
Of course, sometimes the climatic condition [is] different,
but there are different climates also.
In India we have got almost all the year climate like this,
except in the rainy season— that is also not constantly.
Therefore,
India is supposed to be the best place for developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
because the climate is very suitable.
So here also, now this climate.
It is not conditional,
but you can perform devotional service, kīrtana, without any check.
Not that we have to live in that palace, then we can chant.
No.
We can live, we can sit down underneath a tree and chant.
There is no limit.
We can go on.
So we have to adjust things in such a way that without any condition,
without any check, we can go on with our devotional service.
Just like we can sit down here or anywhere.
Here is the opportunity.
This land is very good.
You can sit down anywhere and chant this Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
There is no need of chair or cushion or nothing, then ahaituky apratihatā.
Any condition.
And, yenātmā samprasīdati,
that will please your everything:
your heart, your mind, your body, your soul, everything.
yenātmā samprasīdati [SB 1.2.6]
Easiest method for achieving the highest perfection of life.
So go on with this process without any check and be happy.
Thank you very much.
DEVOTEES: Jaya Prabhupāda!
From tape #760802RC.NMR: “ror-ror-ror-ror-ror-ror-ror.”
What is called?
Flyway, expressway, downway, every ten yards stop for the light.
How artificial life.
And with all these things, if people would have been happy, all right.
But they’re not happy, in spite of all this advancement.
HARI-ŚAURI: Yes; simply increasing their miseries. - That’s all.
Problems.
The bigger the buildings, the more anxiety they’re in.
[Indistinct] many cars, they new construct new roads, new…
Increasing business, in the hope of happiness.
But there is no happiness.
Happiness is the last consideration.
They are thinking that “In this way we shall be happy.”
Get more money.
First of all, paved way, then flyway, then another flyway, then another flyway…
In this way.
bahir-artha-māninaḥ [SB 7.5.31]
They’re always striving for happiness.
- That’s all; they never achieve it; they never get there. - No; that is called māyā.
Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com