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RC PAR 1976-08-02 Becoming Guru
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ANNOUNCER: Next
is a 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: So, you
have come here; very nice.
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Stay here.
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Where is your husband?
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- Bhūgarbha is here?
BHAGAVĀN: He’s in Germany.
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He has gone German?
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- To buy some trucks.
- Huh?
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To buy trucks for traveling.
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Good preacher; he’s now
distributing books very nicely.
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You are also good
distributor [of] books. Huh?
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In the beginning you… she
was distributing nicely.
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So, preaching is our life.
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The more we preach, the
more we are successful.
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yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]
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This is Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s preaching.
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āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa
yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa’
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]
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This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Every one of you become guru and deliver
the residents of your neighborhood.
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Ei deśa; wherever you are
living, just deliver them.
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Become their guru.
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How to become guru?
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It is not difficult.
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yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]
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What Kṛṣṇa has said instruct them.
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You simply repeat it, that’s
all; you become guru.
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So this should be preached
all over the world.
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You learn from Bhagavad-
gītā and repeat.
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You simply say, “Kṛṣṇa
said four things:
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man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad-
yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65].”
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“Just always think
of Me,” Kṛṣṇa said.
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“And just become My devotee. Just
worship Me and offer obeisances.”
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Kindly do these things.
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So if you can induce one person to do
these four things, you become guru.
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Is there any difficulty?
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Then you become
a devotee of Kṛṣṇa.
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How? Always think of Kṛṣṇa.
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Worship Kṛṣṇa and
offer obeisances.
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Here is our temple; please
come; offer obeisances.
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Offer little flower if you can secure.
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Otherwise, obeisances sufficient.
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And chant Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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You become guru.
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To inform this message is difficult?
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Not at all.
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You may carry the message.
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If [he’s] fortunate, he’ll do it.
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Even he does not do it,
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you are carrying the message;
you become recognized by Kṛṣṇa.
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na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu
kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ
[Bg. 18.69]
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You are doing sincerely, then
you are recognized by Kṛṣṇa.
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Just like a canvasser,
salesman, goes to the market:
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[He] tries his best to
secure some business.
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The master sees the
report how he has worked.
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Even though he has not
secured a single paisa business,
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but he has tried to introduce
the goods, then he’s bona fide.
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He’s bona fide.
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Similarly, we have to simply
carry the message of Kṛṣṇa.
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Try to convince people.
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If one is convinced, it is good, if not,
doesn’t matter, I am not going to….
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Then you are recognized by Kṛṣṇa.
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Recognition means you become
the dearest servant of Kṛṣṇa.
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Then what do you want more?
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If Kṛṣṇa recognizes, then “You
are My most dear servant.”
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Then what do you want more?
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yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa
[Cc. Madhya 7.128]
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So this message was to
be carried by all Indians.
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That is Caitanya
Mahāprabhu’s desire.
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bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra
janma sārthaka kari’ kara para-upakāra
[Cc. Ādi 9.41]
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This is para-upakāra.
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So all Indians should take up this
mission and do welfare activity.
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That is India’s special function.
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