0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,523 RC PAR 1976-08-02 Becoming Guru 1 00:00:01,524 --> 00:00:03,147 ANNOUNCER: Next is a conversation, 2 00:00:03,148 --> 00:00:08,324 with His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 3 00:00:08,325 --> 00:00:22,458 recorded on August 2nd, 1976, at the Paris farm. 4 00:00:22,459 --> 00:00:27,070 PRABHUPĀDA: So, you have come here; very nice. 5 00:00:27,071 --> 00:00:30,873 Stay here. 6 00:00:30,874 --> 00:00:35,663 Where is your husband? 7 00:00:35,664 --> 00:00:38,515 - Bhūgarbha is here? BHAGAVĀN: He’s in Germany. 8 00:00:38,516 --> 00:00:40,018 He has gone German? 9 00:00:40,019 --> 00:00:41,823 - To buy some trucks. - Huh? 10 00:00:41,824 --> 00:00:47,007 To buy trucks for traveling. 11 00:00:47,008 --> 00:00:54,440 Good preacher; he’s now distributing books very nicely. 12 00:00:54,441 --> 00:00:58,722 You are also good distributor [of] books. Huh? 13 00:00:58,723 --> 00:01:05,254 In the beginning you… she was distributing nicely. 14 00:01:05,255 --> 00:01:09,841 So, preaching is our life. 15 00:01:09,842 --> 00:01:21,414 The more we preach, the more we are successful. 16 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:25,579 yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128] 17 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:34,556 This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s preaching. 18 00:01:34,557 --> 00:01:42,822 āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ ei deśa yāre dekha, tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa’ [Cc. Madhya 7.128] 19 00:01:42,823 --> 00:01:46,510 This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 20 00:01:46,511 --> 00:01:59,076 Every one of you become guru and deliver the residents of your neighborhood. 21 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:04,456 Ei deśa; wherever you are living, just deliver them. 22 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:07,267 Become their guru. 23 00:02:07,268 --> 00:02:09,951 How to become guru? 24 00:02:09,952 --> 00:02:12,365 It is not difficult. 25 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:15,824 yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128] 26 00:02:15,825 --> 00:02:18,410 What Kṛṣṇa has said instruct them. 27 00:02:18,411 --> 00:02:25,358 You simply repeat it, that’s all; you become guru. 28 00:02:25,359 --> 00:02:28,728 So this should be preached all over the world. 29 00:02:28,729 --> 00:02:33,992 You learn from Bhagavad- gītā and repeat. 30 00:02:33,993 --> 00:02:40,595 You simply say, “Kṛṣṇa said four things: 31 00:02:40,596 --> 00:02:45,943 man-manā bhava mad-bhakto mad- yājī māṁ namaskuru [Bg. 18.65].” 32 00:02:45,944 --> 00:02:50,652 “Just always think of Me,” Kṛṣṇa said. 33 00:02:50,653 --> 00:02:59,238 “And just become My devotee. Just worship Me and offer obeisances.” 34 00:02:59,239 --> 00:03:01,897 Kindly do these things. 35 00:03:01,898 --> 00:03:09,116 So if you can induce one person to do these four things, you become guru. 36 00:03:09,117 --> 00:03:14,244 Is there any difficulty? 37 00:03:14,245 --> 00:03:18,123 Then you become a devotee of Kṛṣṇa. 38 00:03:18,124 --> 00:03:21,476 How? Always think of Kṛṣṇa. 39 00:03:21,477 --> 00:03:25,480 Worship Kṛṣṇa and offer obeisances. 40 00:03:25,481 --> 00:03:31,056 Here is our temple; please come; offer obeisances. 41 00:03:31,057 --> 00:03:34,693 Offer little flower if you can secure. 42 00:03:34,694 --> 00:03:40,612 Otherwise, obeisances sufficient. 43 00:03:40,613 --> 00:03:42,432 And chant Hare Kṛṣṇa. 44 00:03:42,433 --> 00:03:49,310 You become guru. 45 00:03:49,311 --> 00:03:56,442 To inform this message is difficult? 46 00:03:56,443 --> 00:03:59,645 Not at all. 47 00:03:59,646 --> 00:04:03,813 You may carry the message. 48 00:04:03,814 --> 00:04:06,705 If [he’s] fortunate, he’ll do it. 49 00:04:06,706 --> 00:04:09,518 Even he does not do it, 50 00:04:09,519 --> 00:04:17,345 you are carrying the message; you become recognized by Kṛṣṇa. 51 00:04:17,346 --> 00:04:21,659 na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścin me priya-kṛttamaḥ [Bg. 18.69] 52 00:04:21,660 --> 00:04:26,965 You are doing sincerely, then you are recognized by Kṛṣṇa. 53 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:33,484 Just like a canvasser, salesman, goes to the market: 54 00:04:33,485 --> 00:04:39,000 [He] tries his best to secure some business. 55 00:04:39,001 --> 00:04:43,245 The master sees the report how he has worked. 56 00:04:43,246 --> 00:04:48,504 Even though he has not secured a single paisa business, 57 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:57,127 but he has tried to introduce the goods, then he’s bona fide. 58 00:04:57,128 --> 00:05:00,080 He’s bona fide. 59 00:05:00,081 --> 00:05:07,817 Similarly, we have to simply carry the message of Kṛṣṇa. 60 00:05:07,818 --> 00:05:10,361 Try to convince people. 61 00:05:10,362 --> 00:05:17,121 If one is convinced, it is good, if not, doesn’t matter, I am not going to…. 62 00:05:17,122 --> 00:05:21,145 Then you are recognized by Kṛṣṇa. 63 00:05:21,146 --> 00:05:28,583 Recognition means you become the dearest servant of Kṛṣṇa. 64 00:05:28,584 --> 00:05:29,831 Then what do you want more? 65 00:05:29,832 --> 00:05:35,402 If Kṛṣṇa recognizes, then “You are My most dear servant.” 66 00:05:35,403 --> 00:05:54,393 Then what do you want more? 67 00:05:54,394 --> 00:06:04,560 yāre dekha tāre kaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128] 68 00:06:04,561 --> 00:06:09,497 So this message was to be carried by all Indians. 69 00:06:09,498 --> 00:06:15,178 That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s desire. 70 00:06:15,179 --> 00:06:22,290 bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra janma sārthaka kari’ kara para-upakāra [Cc. Ādi 9.41] 71 00:06:22,291 --> 00:06:27,456 This is para-upakāra. 72 00:06:27,457 --> 00:06:38,713 So all Indians should take up this mission and do welfare activity. 73 00:06:38,714 --> 00:06:45,893 That is India’s special function. 74 00:06:45,894 --> 00:06:45,895 Subtitles by Pratyatoṣa Dāsa, Causelessmercy.com