Pagalpe-vatsam kapilam siddha-sankapanamayam Siddhim-navasi-vijnam ca ye'cchividya-duradayam Pagalpe-vatsam, a pointing, Vatsam, cat, Kapilam, the great sage Kapila, Siddha, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, Sankapana Mayim, proceeding from will, Siddham, yogic perfection, Navasri in the sky, Vidyam, knowledge, cha, also ye, those who, cha, also, vidyadhara well as the inhabitants of Vidyadharaloka, transformed the great sage Kapila into a calf and making the whole sky into a pot.

They knelt down specific yogic mystic powers beginning with Anima.

Indeed, the inhabitants of Vidadhara Loka acquired the art of flying in the sky.

The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidadhara Loka are naturally endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they can not only fly in the outer space without a vehicle, but also can fly from 1 planet to another simply by exerting their will.

Just as fish can swim within water, the residents of Vidyadhara Loka can swim in the ocean of air as far as the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are concerned.

The yogis on this planet practice the eightfold yogic mysticism namely yam, niyam, asana, pranayama, satchitara, dharanam, jhana and samadhi.

By regularly practicing the yogic processes 1 after another, the yogis attain various perfections.

They can become smaller than the smallest, heavier than the heaviest.

They can even manufacture a planet and get whatever they like and control whatever man they want.

All the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are nationally endowed with these mystic yogic powers.

It is certainly a very wonderful thing if a person can, on this planet, if we see a person on this planet flying in the sky without a vehicle, but in Vijadharaloka such flying as is commonplace as a bird flying in the sky.

Similarly, in Siddhaloka all the inhabitants are great yogis, perfect in mystic powers.

The name of Kapilamuni is significant in this verse because he was the expounder of the Sankhya philosophical system and his father, Karnamuni, was a great yogi and mystic.

Indeed Karnamuni prepared a great airplane which is as large as a small town and had various gardens, palatial buildings, servants and maidservants.

With all this paraphernalia Kapiladeva's mother Devahuti and his father Kartala Muni travelled all over the universes and visited different planets.

Vandeham Sri Guru Sri Jatapata Kamalam Sri Guru Vaishnavams ca Sri Rupam Saghdhajatam Sahagana Raghunatham Vittam Tam Sajeevam Sadaitam Sabhadutam Parijana Saitam krsna-cetanya devam Sri Radha krsna padam sahaganala dita shivisha kanditam ca Nama om vishnu padaya krsna-presthaya bhutale shrimati bhaktivedanta svamitinamane Namaste sarasvate deve gauravani pacharini So 1 might become very attracted to hear about all these powers that the yogis can develop and the powers that the Siddhaloka people have and the Yadara Loka people have.

You may become very attracted to these things.

These are nothing compared to what is known as Krishna consciousness.

Krishna consciousness is beyond all of these mystic powers.

Nahi jnanena sadhvisam prabhidhami hi vidyate.

Satsvayam yogasam sarat kalinatmani vindati.

In this world there is nothing so sublime and pure as this knowledge which is the mature fruit of all mysticism.

And 1 who becomes accomplished in the practice of devotional service relishes this knowledge within himself in due course of time.

Notice what Krishna says is the mature fruit of all mysticism.

In other words, these mystic powers are immature fruits.

They haven't gotten to the highest level yet.

On this lower level is mysticism partially perfected.

But the perfection of mysticism is Krishna consciousness.

So the greatest mystic, the greatest yogi is actually the devotee of Krishna.

Therefore Krishna says, after giving descriptions of these different systems in the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, sarva dharmam pradityo ja ma me kamsa-vinandraja aham tvam sarva-papibhyo mokshi-sami ma shiv-cahal, give up all these other things, give up all these other things and still be surrendered.

So in this Krishna Gnanas movement we don't cultivate these other things.

Of course they take, it's very difficult to actually achieve these mystic powers in the present time.

Great austerities and penances 1 has to undergo.

By the simple process of taking Krishna Prasadam and chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, 1 can surpass the perfection of all these yogis and jnanis.

Therefore we take advantage of this mercy of our beloved founder Acharya, Divine Grace A.C.

Prabhupada made such a great endeavor, with an elderly age, with no money, no facility, he made such a great endeavor to carry out the order of his spiritual master to spread Krishna consciousness to the English speaking world.

The Papas would deal with the obstacles as they came in.

Just like there was a 1 day at the United Nations in New York, there was going to be a peace vigil for world peace.

So the devotees when they started their kirtan, they said, no, no, No, we want a silent vigil.

So Prabhupada said, all right, chant japa instead.

So Prabhupada knew, deśe kalapācchā, how to adjust according to time, place and circumstance.

Not that he was just on some ritualistic thing, or you have to do this, you have to do that.

He was very expert in acting according to time, place and circumstances.

He knew exactly how to, because he was on a level of perfection of mysticism.

He wasn't like a blind follower of his spiritual master.

Yonmam paśyati sarvatah sarvaṁ śabhaivaṁ maśyati Tushāha na pradāśyami satsvapena praṇaśyati The 1 who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I am never lost nor has he ever lost me.

Well that's something to try to cultivate.

1 who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me.

That's something to really try to cultivate.

How to see Krishna everywhere and everything within Krishna.

There's actually nowhere where Krishna is not present.

We read in another verse, he says, everyone follows my path in all respects.

So actually everything is going on in a Krishna's direction.

So we just have to learn how to tune in to Krishna.

How to tune in to Krishna in every situation.

Just like that, my first lecture I heard was so wonderful.

Prabhupada sitting there on Subhadra's cart in Golden Gate Park in July of 1971.

He says, you have all, he told all these 300 hippies, 3000 hippies and 300 devotees, you have all seen God because Krishna says I am the light of the sun.

So that moonlight is also the light of the sun.

It is the reflection of the sunlight, the prophet explains.

The scientists are trying to say it is self-luminous but no, we know from the Vedic wisdom that all the stars are reflections of the sun and the sun is a reflection of the Brahmajyoti, the divine light coming from the transmittal body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

So Actually Krishna's light is everything, it is all Krishna's light.

When the sun can live no 1, it is Krishna's light being reflected by the sun.

So we have to learn how to experience Krishna within everything and everything within Krishna And then we can actually become liberated from this hellish nightmare of material existence.

Yajna-srnah santo, mokshante sarva-kirabhisaya, bundhate te bhagavam papyam ye pachadnya-mukarana.

The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which has been offered first for sacrifice.

Others who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment rarely eat only sin.

We heard yesterday in class a very wonderful point that Prabhupada made.

This is 1 is simply habituated to taking Krishna prasadam, he will not become a ghost nor become an animal, he will become a human body.

So if you can't do anything else, just restrict your diet to only prasadam.

And that you won't have to go down, at least you can stay on the human platform and continue your pathway.

But if you can also chant Hare Krishna 16 rounds and give up illicit sex, meeting, intoxication and gambling, then you are really in good shape.

You are going back to home, back to Godhead.

Krishna is there, the supreme, famous person.

Ananda Chinmaya Vratamatyam Manasu Yapram Niram Prasimanam Smadupam Upeksa Leelayate Nivibhanami Yajat Yajasram Govindam Adi Purusham Tamaham Vajami I worship Govinda, the prime name of the Lord, whose glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of his own pastime being reflected in the minds of recollecting souls as a transcendental entity of ever blissful cognitive rasa.

Just notice that statement, being reflected in the mind of recollecting souls.

So how would you like to be 1 of those recollecting souls?

The Krishna's pastimes are reflected by you.

You are like a mirror reflecting Krishna's pastimes.

Reflected in the mind of recollecting souls.

As a transcendental entity of ever blissful cognitive rasa.

Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati is so expert in English, even though it is his second language.

So who can write poetry like Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati?

Amazing command of the English language he had by Krishna's mercy.

So not only did he triumphantly dominate the mundane world, but of course he triumphantly dominates the spiritual world as well.

In the spiritual world he becomes subordinate.

That's the amazing thing about his pastime.

The chariot driver for Arjuna, he's the slipper carrier for Nanda Maharaj.

The naughty boy that had to get tied up, he's known as Damodar.

That naughty boy Damodar had to be tied up for being a little rascal.

So fortunate domador has actually come here.

The domador form, he's actually appeared here, so we can actually see him, we can touch him, we can dress him, we can bathe him.

Can you imagine how fortunate we are here in Austin to have little, our Damodar has come all the way from the spiritual world, he descended here, right here in Austin, Texas.

Dhammadhar has come to be with us, so merciful.

And the Radharani then also came, when Dhammadhar came, the Radharani came to join him in his pastimes here In the mundane world, blessing all of us with the divine potency, divine mercy.

So we should not become bewildered, we should become knowledgeable in Krishna's teachings, his pastimes.

We should know the transcendental nature of my appearance and activities.

Janma karma ca me devyam evaṁ yo vati tat-patah.

Takta deyam punar jama naiti mam ekasarjuna.

1 who knows the transcendental nature of our appearance and activity does not, upon leaving this body, take his birth again in this material world, but he attains to my eternal abode, Arjuna.' So we should know the transcendental nature of his appearance, how he appeared in Mathura, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, where Krishna's appearance and how he came to Vrindavan and did all these amazing pastimes.

An amazing Krishna, an amazing, amazing person.

Smaran bhangi toya pachitam saci visyurni-dvistim.

Sankhsi nastadhar kisya lam ujjhya-dham chandakena.

Govindakam haritannam itahakesipato patante.

Ma peksistha-stabiladisake bandhu-sangisthi-vangah.

My dear friend, Rupa Goswami warns, if you have any desire to enjoy the company of your friends here in this material world, then do not look upon the form of Krishna standing at the bank of Keshigarh.

He has the most enchanting, his eyes are very enchanting.

He has a lotus, he is playing upon his flute.

He has a peacock feather in his hair, his beautiful form is being illuminated by the moonlit skies.

So we have to warn all of our listeners, if you have any desire to continue enjoying society, friendship and love in the material world, then you better just stop chanting Hare Krishna, don't take prasadam, don't associate with devotees, because if you do so, you will become completely captivated by that Supreme Personality of God.

His amazing pastimes, amazing qualities, amazing teachings, everything about Krishna is simply wonderful.

Every single word that comes out of his mouth is full of unlimited nectar.

That's why you can study the Bhagavad Gita and go in a state of pure bliss.

Bhayasya sa sphutak tat mam vindalya manayat sukham Subrahmanyoga yuktat mam sukham akshayam asnute That the liberated person is not attracted to this material sense of gratification but is always entranced, relishing the pleasure within in this way, the self-realized soul enjoys unlimited happiness for he always concentrates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna.

Isvaraha paramaha krsnaha sat-cid-ananda-vigraha anadir-andir govinda sarva-karana-karanam.

Krishna is not a govinda, he is the Supreme Godhead.

He is an eternal form, full of bliss and knowledge.

He's the origin of all and He is indeed the prime cause of all causes.

It's not that everything comes out of nothing.

Krishna is the originator, he is the instigator of everything that exists.

By Prabhupada's mercy we've been able to understand and discover by learning from Srila Prabhupada what is the source and the purpose of all existence.

My existence, your existence, everyone's existence, the whole existence going on.

We're in the middle of this humongous existence.

Can the scientists tell us what is the purpose of this existence?

Can the religionists, the mundane religionists, the philosophers, the scholars, the poets, the songwriters, the novelists, the politicians, can they tell us what is the purpose of existence?

They have not the slightest idea what is the purpose of existence.

For them it is eat, eat, eat, mate, mate, mate, defend, defend, defend, that's all it is.

Have sex as much as you possibly can with anybody you possibly can.

They're so crazy now, it's just shocking how crazy they are.

Because they don't realize actually Our philosophy is transcendental gender.

See, Krishna consciousness is a whole big thing.

Well, I don't feel like, even though I'm in a male body, I don't feel like I'm a male.

So they go and they have surgery and medical treatment to make their body more like a female, can you imagine?

If they just knew, yeah, you are not a male, you are in the spirit soul.

If they knew, if they were Krishna conscious, chandrism wouldn't be an issue.

Because You are transgenital to that body.

Because they have that desire to not be this body, they are taking this whole thing, transgenderism, this huge issue now.

Some states are making laws against it and they are being condemned by the American Medical Association for being fanatics.

Some states are pro-gens, some are anti-transgender, according to whether they are more conservative or more liberal.

But it wouldn't be an issue if people were Krishna conscious.

Yeah, you are not a male, you are not a female, we agree, you are an eternal spiritual being.

The Atma is situated in a male or female body.

You've had male bodies and female bodies and count as millions of lifetimes.

You've been a male, you've been a female again and again, back and forth, back and forth.

You're not that male body, you're not that female body.

The constitutional position of the living entity is the eternal servant of Lord Sri Krishna.

So this Krishnakarana movement can solve all these problems going on in the world.

The wars, the abortions, all this garbage that is going on, all this sinful activity.

They're trying to get sense pleasure, that's the problem.

See they are basing their happiness on sense pleasure.

But satisfying the senses does not satisfy the self.

They don't realize these fools and rascals.

They don't realize that satisfying the senses does not satisfy the self because the self is not the senses.

They think the self is the senses that's why they are completely going crazy with all this wild stuff.

But if we just come to the actual platform, understand what is the actual nature of the living entity.

Najayate mriyate va kadachan, nayam buddhava vittava nabhuyah, ajonyat yam shasvatam yam puranam, na hanyate anyamane sharire.

For the soul there is never burden of death, having once been as he ever ceased to be, he is unborn, ever existing, undying and primeval, he is not slain when the body is slain.

So we need to come to this platform, we need to enlighten the whole world on how to come to this platform.

Sridhar Prabhupada was not a blind follower of the spiritual master.

There is blind following and there is realized following.

If 1 understands the essence of the spiritual master's teachings, then by that perfection of realization 1 can know, by connection with the Supersoul, what is proper and what is improper in every situation.

The 1 who is not mature, they have to think, what did the Prophet say about this, what did he say about that.

I mean that is good for us neophytes to consult the teachings of the Prophet.

The highly advanced devotees, they automatically know by the end of their realization.

Those that are not so advanced we have to learn from those who are advanced.

Those of us who have to be told do this and don't do that, do this and don't do that because we are not so realized yet, we have to take advantage of those who have such more high level realizations to know how to act perfectly in every situation because they are connected with the super soul you see.

So us studying neophytes we can take advantage of the Association of Exalted and Vaisnavas and learn from them how to act perfectly and how to think perfectly, how to speak perfectly in every situation.

I had a similar 1 to that that was just asked.

I had 1 but it was similar to what was asked.

He said that materialists are crazy but will they say, yeah, they say that we are crazy.

We say they are crazy and they say that we are crazy.

Who will settle up who is actually crazy?

Now we have to go to the supreme authority, Lord Sri Krishna.

Svabhidbara ustrakarai, saṁsthitak pariṣak paśu, nājata karma-patau peito, jātanam gada-gṛjā.

Men who are like dogs, hounds, camels and asses, praise those men who do not listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna, the deliverer from all evils." So the fools and rascals will glorify the fools and the big fools, the little dogs will glorify the big dogs.

They praise those men who don't want to hear about Krishna.

So there's nothing else, we can stop here.

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.


Speaker 0: Bhima-dhva-vatam, 4, 18, 19. Pagalpe-vatsam kapilam siddha-sankapanamayam Siddhim-navasi-vijnam ca ye'cchividya-duradayam Pagalpe-vatsam, a pointing, Vatsam, cat, Kapilam, the great sage Kapila, Siddha, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, Sankapana Mayim, proceeding from will, Siddham, yogic perfection, Navasri in the sky, Vidyam, knowledge, cha, also ye, those who, cha, also, vidyadhara well as the inhabitants of Vidyadharaloka, transformed the great sage Kapila into a calf and making the whole sky into a pot. They knelt down specific yogic mystic powers beginning with Anima. Indeed, the inhabitants of Vidadhara Loka acquired the art of flying in the sky. The inhabitants of both Siddhaloka and Vidadhara Loka are naturally endowed with mystic yogic powers by which they can not only fly in the outer space without a vehicle, but also can fly from 1 planet to another simply by exerting their will.

Just as fish can swim within water, the residents of Vidyadhara Loka can swim in the ocean of air as far as the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are concerned. They are endowed with all mystic powers. The yogis on this planet practice the eightfold yogic mysticism namely yam, niyam, asana, pranayama, satchitara, dharanam, jhana and samadhi. By regularly practicing the yogic processes 1 after another, the yogis attain various perfections. They can become smaller than the smallest, heavier than the heaviest.

They can even manufacture a planet and get whatever they like and control whatever man they want. All the inhabitants of Siddhaloka are nationally endowed with these mystic yogic powers. It is certainly a very wonderful thing if a person can, on this planet, if we see a person on this planet flying in the sky without a vehicle, but in Vijadharaloka such flying as is commonplace as a bird flying in the sky. Similarly, in Siddhaloka all the inhabitants are great yogis, perfect in mystic powers. The name of Kapilamuni is significant in this verse because he was the expounder of the Sankhya philosophical system and his father, Karnamuni, was a great yogi and mystic.

Indeed Karnamuni prepared a great airplane which is as large as a small town and had various gardens, palatial buildings, servants and maidservants. With all this paraphernalia Kapiladeva's mother Devahuti and his father Kartala Muni travelled all over the universes and visited different planets. Vandeham Sri Guru Sri Jatapata Kamalam Sri Guru Vaishnavams ca Sri Rupam Saghdhajatam Sahagana Raghunatham Vittam Tam Sajeevam Sadaitam Sabhadutam Parijana Saitam krsna-cetanya devam Sri Radha krsna padam sahaganala dita shivisha kanditam ca Nama om vishnu padaya krsna-presthaya bhutale shrimati bhaktivedanta svamitinamane Namaste sarasvate deve gauravani pacharini So 1 might become very attracted to hear about all these powers that the yogis can develop and the powers that the Siddhaloka people have and the Yadara Loka people have. You may become very attracted to these things. These are nothing compared to what is known as Krishna consciousness.

Krishna consciousness is beyond all of these mystic powers. It's the supreme mysticism. Nahi jnanena sadhvisam prabhidhami hi vidyate. Satsvayam yogasam sarat kalinatmani vindati. In this world there is nothing so sublime and pure as this knowledge which is the mature fruit of all mysticism.

And 1 who becomes accomplished in the practice of devotional service relishes this knowledge within himself in due course of time. Notice what Krishna says is the mature fruit of all mysticism. In other words, these mystic powers are immature fruits. They haven't gotten to the highest level yet. On this lower level is mysticism partially perfected.

But the perfection of mysticism is Krishna consciousness. So the greatest mystic, the greatest yogi is actually the devotee of Krishna. Therefore Krishna says, after giving descriptions of these different systems in the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, sarva dharmam pradityo ja ma me kamsa-vinandraja aham tvam sarva-papibhyo mokshi-sami ma shiv-cahal, give up all these other things, give up all these other things and still be surrendered. So in this Krishna Gnanas movement we don't cultivate these other things. Of course they take, it's very difficult to actually achieve these mystic powers in the present time.

Very, very difficult. Great austerities and penances 1 has to undergo. By the simple process of taking Krishna Prasadam and chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, 1 can surpass the perfection of all these yogis and jnanis. Therefore we take advantage of this mercy of our beloved founder Acharya, Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Prabhupada made such a great endeavor, with an elderly age, with no money, no facility, he made such a great endeavor to carry out the order of his spiritual master to spread Krishna consciousness to the English speaking world. There were different obstacles. The Papas would deal with the obstacles as they came in. Just like there was a 1 day at the United Nations in New York, there was going to be a peace vigil for world peace. So they invited the devotees to come.

So the devotees when they started their kirtan, they said, no, no, No, we want a silent vigil. So Prabhupada said, all right, chant japa instead. So they did japa for peace. So Prabhupada knew, deśe kalapācchā, how to adjust according to time, place and circumstance. He was very expert.

Not that he was just on some ritualistic thing, or you have to do this, you have to do that. He was very expert in acting according to time, place and circumstances. He knew exactly how to, because he was on a level of perfection of mysticism. He wasn't like a blind follower of his spiritual master. He actually realized Krishna.

Just like what does Krishna say? Yonmam paśyati sarvatah sarvaṁ śabhaivaṁ maśyati Tushāha na pradāśyami satsvapena praṇaśyati The 1 who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me, I am never lost nor has he ever lost me. Well that's something to try to cultivate. 1 who sees me everywhere and sees everything in me. That's something to really try to cultivate.

How to see Krishna everywhere and everything within Krishna. There's actually nowhere where Krishna is not present. Krishna is acting in every situation. We read in another verse, he says, everyone follows my path in all respects. So actually everything is going on in a Krishna's direction.

So we just have to learn how to tune in to Krishna. Tune in, turn on and bliss out. How to tune in to Krishna in every situation. Just like that, my first lecture I heard was so wonderful. Prabhupada sitting there on Subhadra's cart in Golden Gate Park in July of 1971.

He says, you have all, he told all these 300 hippies, 3000 hippies and 300 devotees, you have all seen God because Krishna says I am the light of the sun. So that moonlight is also the light of the sun. It is the reflection of the sunlight, the prophet explains. The scientists are trying to say it is self-luminous but no, we know from the Vedic wisdom that all the stars are reflections of the sun and the sun is a reflection of the Brahmajyoti, the divine light coming from the transmittal body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So Actually Krishna's light is everything, it is all Krishna's light.

When the sun can live no 1, it is Krishna's light being reflected by the sun. It is Krishna's light. So we have to learn how to experience Krishna within everything and everything within Krishna And then we can actually become liberated from this hellish nightmare of material existence. Yajna-srnah santo, mokshante sarva-kirabhisaya, bundhate te bhagavam papyam ye pachadnya-mukarana. The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which has been offered first for sacrifice.

Others who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment rarely eat only sin. We heard yesterday in class a very wonderful point that Prabhupada made. This is 1 is simply habituated to taking Krishna prasadam, he will not become a ghost nor become an animal, he will become a human body. So if you can't do anything else, just restrict your diet to only prasadam. And that you won't have to go down, at least you can stay on the human platform and continue your pathway.

But if you can also chant Hare Krishna 16 rounds and give up illicit sex, meeting, intoxication and gambling, then you are really in good shape. You are going back to home, back to Godhead. That is a wonderful abode, you see. Wonderful, wonderful abode. Krishna is there, the supreme, famous person.

The supreme famous person. Ananda Chinmaya Vratamatyam Manasu Yapram Niram Prasimanam Smadupam Upeksa Leelayate Nivibhanami Yajat Yajasram Govindam Adi Purusham Tamaham Vajami I worship Govinda, the prime name of the Lord, whose glory ever triumphantly dominates the mundane world by the activity of his own pastime being reflected in the minds of recollecting souls as a transcendental entity of ever blissful cognitive rasa. Just notice that statement, being reflected in the mind of recollecting souls. So how would you like to be 1 of those recollecting souls? The Krishna's pastimes are reflected by you.

You are like a mirror reflecting Krishna's pastimes. Reflected in the mind of recollecting souls. As a transcendental entity of ever blissful cognitive rasa. Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati is so expert in English, even though it is his second language. So who can write poetry like Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati?

Amazing command of English. Amazing command of the English language he had by Krishna's mercy. So not only did he triumphantly dominate the mundane world, but of course he triumphantly dominates the spiritual world as well. In the spiritual world he becomes subordinate. That's the amazing thing about his pastime.

He's subordinate to his devotees. The chariot driver for Arjuna, he's the slipper carrier for Nanda Maharaj. The naughty boy that had to get tied up, he's known as Damodar. That naughty boy Damodar had to be tied up for being a little rascal. It's amazing.

We have it. So fortunate domador has actually come here. The domador form, he's actually appeared here, so we can actually see him, we can touch him, we can dress him, we can bathe him. Can you imagine how fortunate we are here in Austin to have little, our Damodar has come all the way from the spiritual world, he descended here, right here in Austin, Texas. Dhammadhar has come to be with us, so merciful.

And the Radharani then also came, when Dhammadhar came, the Radharani came to join him in his pastimes here In the mundane world, blessing all of us with the divine potency, divine mercy. So we should not become bewildered, we should become knowledgeable in Krishna's teachings, his pastimes. We should know the transcendental nature of my appearance and activities. Janma karma ca me devyam evaṁ yo vati tat-patah. Takta deyam punar jama naiti mam ekasarjuna.

1 who knows the transcendental nature of our appearance and activity does not, upon leaving this body, take his birth again in this material world, but he attains to my eternal abode, Arjuna.' So we should know the transcendental nature of his appearance, how he appeared in Mathura, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki, where Krishna's appearance and how he came to Vrindavan and did all these amazing pastimes. An amazing Krishna, an amazing, amazing person. Amazing, amazing person. Smaran bhangi toya pachitam saci visyurni-dvistim. Sankhsi nastadhar kisya lam ujjhya-dham chandakena.

Govindakam haritannam itahakesipato patante. Ma peksistha-stabiladisake bandhu-sangisthi-vangah. My dear friend, Rupa Goswami warns, if you have any desire to enjoy the company of your friends here in this material world, then do not look upon the form of Krishna standing at the bank of Keshigarh. He is known as Govinda. He has the most enchanting, his eyes are very enchanting.

He has a lotus, he is playing upon his flute. He has a peacock feather in his hair, his beautiful form is being illuminated by the moonlit skies. So we have to warn all of our listeners, if you have any desire to continue enjoying society, friendship and love in the material world, then you better just stop chanting Hare Krishna, don't take prasadam, don't associate with devotees, because if you do so, you will become completely captivated by that Supreme Personality of God. His amazing pastimes, amazing qualities, amazing teachings, everything about Krishna is simply wonderful. Every single word that comes out of his mouth is full of unlimited nectar.

That's why you can study the Bhagavad Gita and go in a state of pure bliss. Bhayasya sa sphutak tat mam vindalya manayat sukham Subrahmanyoga yuktat mam sukham akshayam asnute That the liberated person is not attracted to this material sense of gratification but is always entranced, relishing the pleasure within in this way, the self-realized soul enjoys unlimited happiness for he always concentrates on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna. Isvaraha paramaha krsnaha sat-cid-ananda-vigraha anadir-andir govinda sarva-karana-karanam. Krishna is not a govinda, he is the Supreme Godhead. He is an eternal form, full of bliss and knowledge.

He has no origin. He's the origin of all and He is indeed the prime cause of all causes. It's not that everything comes out of nothing. Krishna is the originator, he is the instigator of everything that exists. By Prabhupada's mercy we've been able to understand and discover by learning from Srila Prabhupada what is the source and the purpose of all existence.

My existence, your existence, everyone's existence, the whole existence going on. We're in the middle of this humongous existence. What is the purpose of this existence? Can the scientists tell us what is the purpose of this existence? Can the religionists, the mundane religionists, the philosophers, the scholars, the poets, the songwriters, the novelists, the politicians, can they tell us what is the purpose of existence?

They have not the slightest idea what is the purpose of existence. For them it is eat, eat, eat, mate, mate, mate, defend, defend, defend, that's all it is. Have sex as much as you possibly can with anybody you possibly can. They're so crazy now, it's just shocking how crazy they are. This whole thing called transgenderism.

It is so ridiculous. Because they don't realize actually Our philosophy is transcendental gender. See, Krishna consciousness is a whole big thing. Well, I don't feel like, even though I'm in a male body, I don't feel like I'm a male. So I must be a female then.

So they go and they have surgery and medical treatment to make their body more like a female, can you imagine? It is absolutely crazy. If they just knew, yeah, you are not a male, you are in the spirit soul. If they knew, if they were Krishna conscious, chandrism wouldn't be an issue. Because You are transgenital to that body.

You're not a male, you're not a female. Because they have that desire to not be this body, they are taking this whole thing, transgenderism, this huge issue now. Some states are making laws against it and they are being condemned by the American Medical Association for being fanatics. Some states are pro-gens, some are anti-transgender, according to whether they are more conservative or more liberal. But it wouldn't be an issue if people were Krishna conscious.

Yeah, you are not a male, you are not a female, we agree, you are an eternal spiritual being. The Atma is situated in a male or female body. You've had male bodies and female bodies and count as millions of lifetimes. You've been a male, you've been a female again and again, back and forth, back and forth. But that's not you.

You're not that male body, you're not that female body. You're an eternal spiritual being. Jivaerasavarpa hai krishnara nitya dasa. The constitutional position of the living entity is the eternal servant of Lord Sri Krishna. So this Krishnakarana movement can solve all these problems going on in the world.

The wars, the abortions, all this garbage that is going on, all this sinful activity. They're trying to get sense pleasure, that's the problem. See they are basing their happiness on sense pleasure. But satisfying the senses does not satisfy the self. They don't realize these fools and rascals.

They don't realize that satisfying the senses does not satisfy the self because the self is not the senses. They think the self is the senses that's why they are completely going crazy with all this wild stuff. But if we just come to the actual platform, understand what is the actual nature of the living entity. Najayate mriyate va kadachan, nayam buddhava vittava nabhuyah, ajonyat yam shasvatam yam puranam, na hanyate anyamane sharire. For the soul there is never burden of death, having once been as he ever ceased to be, he is unborn, ever existing, undying and primeval, he is not slain when the body is slain.

So we need to come to this platform, we need to enlighten the whole world on how to come to this platform. Let's see if we have any questions. Let's see here. Sridhar Prabhupada was not a blind follower of the spiritual master. There is blind following and there is realized following.

If 1 understands the essence of the spiritual master's teachings, then by that perfection of realization 1 can know, by connection with the Supersoul, what is proper and what is improper in every situation. The 1 who is not mature, they have to think, what did the Prophet say about this, what did he say about that. I mean that is good for us neophytes to consult the teachings of the Prophet. The highly advanced devotees, they automatically know by the end of their realization. Those that are not so advanced we have to learn from those who are advanced.

Those of us who have to be told do this and don't do that, do this and don't do that because we are not so realized yet, we have to take advantage of those who have such more high level realizations to know how to act perfectly in every situation because they are connected with the super soul you see. So us studying neophytes we can take advantage of the Association of Exalted and Vaisnavas and learn from them how to act perfectly and how to think perfectly, how to speak perfectly in every situation. See if we have something else here. Any other questions? Any questions locally?

I had a similar 1 to that that was just asked. I had 1 but it was similar to what was asked. Oh, okay. Yeah. Gabriel from Lithuania.

He said that materialists are crazy but will they say, yeah, they say that we are crazy. We say they are crazy and they say that we are crazy. Who will settle up who is actually crazy? Now we have to go to the supreme authority, Lord Sri Krishna. Svabhidbara ustrakarai, saṁsthitak pariṣak paśu, nājata karma-patau peito, jātanam gada-gṛjā.

Men who are like dogs, hounds, camels and asses, praise those men who do not listen to the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna, the deliverer from all evils." So the fools and rascals will glorify the fools and the big fools, the little dogs will glorify the big dogs. That's naturally what happens. They praise those men who don't want to hear about Krishna. So there's nothing else, we can stop here. Thank you everybody for tuning in.

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. God bless you. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Amen. Amen. Amen.

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