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August 1973 at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, in the countryside near London. Several thousand guests (including the Indian High Commissioner) listen to Swami Prabhupada speak about the day Lord Krsna made His appearance on earth 5,000 years ago \u2013 CELEBRATED ON 23-24 AUGUST 2019.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Your Excellency the High Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming here and participating in this ceremony -Janmastami, the advent of Krsna. In the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita\u00a0<\/em>[4.9]\u00a0<\/em>Krsna says,<\/p>\n

janma karma ca me divyam
\nevam vo veto tattvatah
\ntyaktva deham punar janma
\nnaiti mam eti so\u2019rJuna<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne who knows the transcendental nature of My advent and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It is a fact that we can stop our repeated births and deaths and achieve the state of immortality. But the modern civilization our great philosophers, great politicians, and great scientists they have no idea that it is possible to attain the stage ofamrtatvam,\u00a0<\/em>immortality. We are all\u00a0amrta,\u00a0<\/em>deathless, immortal. In the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita\u00a0<\/em>[2.20] it is said,\u00a0na jayate na mriyate va kadacit:\u00a0<\/em>we living entities we never die and never take birth.\u00a0Ajo nityah sasvato yam purano na hanyate hanyamane sarire.\u00a0<\/em>Every one of us we are primeval and eternal, without beginning and without end. And after the annihilation of this body, we do not die. But when the body is finished, we will have to accept another body.<\/p>\n

dehino \u2018smin yatha dehe
\nkaumdram yauvanam jara
\ntathd dehantara-praptir
\ndhiras tatra na muhyati<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change:\u201d [Bg.<\/em>\u00a02.13]<\/p>\n

At the present moment, all over the world people are lacking knowledge of this simple thing: that all of us living entities are part and parcel of Lord Krsna that like Krsna, we are eternal, we are blissful, and we are cognizant. Krsna is described in the Vedic literatures:<\/p>\n

isvarah paramah krsnah
\nsac-cid-ananda-vigrahah
\nanadir adir govindah
\nsarva-karana-karanam<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe supreme controller, the uncaused cause of all causes, is Krsna, whose transcendental form is full with eternity, knowledge, and bliss.\u201d [Brahma-samhita\u00a0<\/em>5.1]<\/p>\n

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Krsna when I say\u00a0Krsna,\u00a0<\/em>that means \u201cGod.\u201d It is sometimes said, \u201cGod has no name:\u201d That\u2019s a fact. But God\u2019s name is given by His activities, For instance, Krsna accepted sonship to Maharaja Nanda and Yasodamayi and also to Vasudeva and Devaki. Of course, no one is actually the father or mother of Krsna, because Krsna is the original father of everyone. But when Krsna comes here, when He makes His advent, He accepts certain exalted devotees as His father, as His mother. Krsna is\u00a0adi-purusam,\u00a0<\/em>the original.\u00a0Adyam purana purusam nava-yauvanam ca:\u00a0<\/em>He is the original person.<\/p>\n

Then must Krsna be very old? No.\u00a0Nava-yauvanam ca:\u00a0<\/em>always a fresh youth. That is Krsna. When Krsna was on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra you have seen the picture He was just like d boy of twenty years or, at most, twenty-four years. But at that time He had great-grandchildren. So Krsna is always a youth. These are the statements of the Vedic literatures.<\/p>\n

But if we simply read the Vedic literatures as a formality, it will be very difficult to understand what Krsna isalthough all the\u00a0Vedas\u00a0<\/em>are meant for understanding Krsna. In the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita\u00a0<\/em>[15.15] Krsna says,\u00a0vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah:\u00a0<\/em>\u201cBy all the\u00a0Vedas\u00a0<\/em>it is I who am to be known:\u201d What is the use of studying the\u00a0Vedas\u00a0<\/em>if you do not understand Krsna? The ultimate goal of education is to understand the Supreme Lord, the supreme father, the supreme cause. As it is said in the\u00a0Vedanta-sutra, athato brahma jijnasa\u00a0<\/em>\u201cNow in the human form of life is the time to discuss the Supreme Absolute Truth, Brahman:\u201d<\/p>\n

And what is this Brahman?\u00a0Janmady asya yatah.\u00a0<\/em>Brahman is the one from whom everything emanates. So science and philosophy mean finding out the ultimate cause of everything. And this we are getting from the Vedic literature that Krsna\u00a0is sarva-karana-karanam,\u00a0<\/em>the cause of all causes.<\/p>\n

Just try to understand. For instance, I am caused by my father; my father is caused by his father;\u00a0he\u00a0<\/em>is caused by\u00a0his\u00a0<\/em>father, who is caused by\u00a0his\u00a0<\/em>father . . . In this way if you go on searching, then you\u2019ll ultimately come to someone who is the cause that has no cause.\u00a0Anadir adir<\/em>\u00a0govindah:\u00a0<\/em>the cause that has no cause is Govinda Krsna. I may be the cause of my son, but at the same time I am the result of another cause (my father). But the Vedic literatures say that Krsna is the original person; He has no cause. That is Krsna.<\/p>\n

Therefore Krsna says, \u201cJust try to learn about the transcendental nature of My advent and activities.\u201d The advent of Krsna it is a very important thing. We should try to understand Krsna, why He makes His advent, why He comes down to this material world, what His business is, what His activities are. If we simply try to understand Krsna, then what will be the result? The result will be\u00a0tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so\u2019rjuna<\/em>: we will get immortality.<\/p>\n

The aim of life is\u00a0amrtatvaya kalpate,\u00a0<\/em>to achieve immortality. So today, on the advent of Krsna, we shall try to understand the philosophy of Krsna.<\/p>\n

If We Are Anxious for Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

His Excellency was speaking of peace. The peace formula is there in the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita<\/em> spoken by Krsna. What is that?<\/p>\n

bhoktaram yajna-tapasam
\nsarva-loka-mahesvaram
\nsuhrdam sarva-bhutanam
\njnatva mam santim rcchati<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.\u201d [Bg<\/em>\u00a05.29] The politicians and diplomats are trying to establish peace in the world. We have the United Nations and many other organizations. They are working to establish real peace and tranquility, to eliminate misunderstanding between man and man and nation and nation. But that is not happening. That is not happening. The defect is that the root is wrong. Everyone is thinking, \u201cIt is my country,\u201d \u201cIt is my family,\u201d \u201cIt is my society,\u201d \u201cIt is my property.\u201d This \u201cmy\u201d is illusion. In the Vedic literatures it is said,\u00a0janasya moho \u2018yam aham mameti<\/em>: this \u201cI-and-my\u201d philosophy is\u00a0maya<\/em> illusion.<\/p>\n

So if you want to get out of this\u00a0maya<\/em>, this illusion, then you have to accept Krsna\u2019s formula.\u00a0Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te:\u00a0<\/em>whoever surrenders to Krsna can easily cross beyond all illusion. Everything is there in the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita,<\/em>for our guidance, If we accept the philosophy of the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita<\/em> as it is everything is there. Peace is there, prosperity is there. That is a fact.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, we do not accept it; or we misinterpret it. This is our misfortune. In the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita\u00a0<\/em>[9.34] Krsna says,\u00a0man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru<\/em>. Krsna says, \u201cAlways think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me, and offer obeisances unto Me.\u201d Is it a very difficult task? Here is Krsna\u2019s Deity. If you think of this Deity, is it very difficult?<\/p>\n

You come into the temple, and just as a devotee would do, you offer your respect to the Deity. As far as possible, try to worship the Deity.<\/p>\n

Krsna does not want your property. Krsna is open to the poorest man for being worshiped. What is He asking? He says,\u00a0patram puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktya prayacchati<\/em>: \u201cWith devotion, if a person offers Me a little leaf, a little fruit, a little water, I accept it.\u201d [Bg. 9.26] Krsna is not hungry, but Krsna wants to make you a devotee. That is the main point.\u00a0Yo me<\/em>\u00a0bhaktya prayacchati<\/em>: \u201cOffer something to Me with devotion.\u201d That is the main principle. Offer Krsna some little thing. Krsna is not hungry; Krsna is providing food for everyone. But Krsna wants your love, your devotion. Therefore He is begging a little water or fruit or a flower. In this way\u00a0man-mana bhava mad-bhakto:\u00a0<\/em>you can think of Krsna and become His devotee.<\/p>\n

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There is no difficulty in understanding Krsna and accepting Krsna consciousness. But we\u2019ll not do it that is our disease. Otherwise, it is not difficult at all. And as soon as we become a devotee of Krsna, we understand the whole universal situation. Ourbhagavata\u00a0<\/em>philosophy, our God conscious philosophy, is also a kind of spiritual communism, because we regard Krsna as the supreme father and all living entities as sons of Krsna. And Krsna says,\u00a0sarva-loka-mahesvaram:\u00a0<\/em>He is the proprietor of all planets. Therefore whatever there is, either in the sky or in the water or on the land, it is all Krsna\u2019s property. And because we are all sons of Krsna, every one of us has the right to use our father\u2019s property. But we should not encroach upon others. This is the formula for peace.\u00a0Isavasyam idam sarvam<\/em>\u00a0. . . and\u00a0ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam:\u00a0<\/em>\u201cEverything belongs to God, and since you are sons of God, you have the right to use your father\u2019s property. But do not take more than you need. This is punishable.\u201d [Isopanisad\u00a0<\/em>1] If anyone takes more than he needs, then he\u2019s a thief.\u00a0Yajnarthat karmano \u2018nyatra loko \u2018yam karma-bandhanah\u00a0<\/em>[Bg. 3.9]: whatever we do, we should do it for the satisfaction of Krsna. We should act for Krsna; we should do everything for Krsna.<\/p>\n

That is what we are teaching here. In this temple we are all residing happily. Americans, Indians, Englishmen, Canadians, Africans people from all different parts of the world. You know that. It is like that not only in this temple, but wherever people are Krsna conscious, throughout the world. Krsna makes His advent to teach this lesson.<\/p>\n

When we forget this philosophy that Krsna is the supreme father, Krsna is the supreme proprietor, Krsna is the supreme enjoyer, and Krsna is the supreme friend of everyone when we forget this, then we come into this material world and struggle for existence, fight with one another. This is material life.<\/p>\n

Nor can we get any relief through our politicians, diplomats, philosophers. They have tried so much, but actually nothing they have tried has become fruitful. Take the United Nations. It was organized after the second great war, and they wanted, \u201cWe shall now settle everything peacefully.\u201d But there is no such thing. The fighting is going on, between Pakistan and India or between Vietnam and America or this and that. Mundane politics and diplomacy and philosophy this is not the process. The process is Krsna consciousness. Everyone has to understand this point that we are not proprietors. The actual proprietor is Krsna. That\u2019s a fact. Take America, for example. Say two hundred years ago, the European immigrants were not the proprietors, Somebody else was the proprietor, and before that somebody else was the proprietor, or it was vacant land. But the actual proprietor is Krsna. Artificially we are claiming, \u201cIt is my property.\u201d This is called\u00a0maya<\/em>, illusion. So Krsna makes His advent to give us this lesson. Krsna says,\u00a0yada yada hi dharmasya<\/em>\u00a0glanir<\/em>\u00a0bhavati<\/em>\u00a0bharata<\/em>: \u201cMy dear Arjuna. I come when there are discrepancies in the process of religious life:\u201d [Bg.<\/em>\u00a04.7]<\/p>\n

And what is real\u00a0dharma<\/em>, real religious life? The simple definition of\u00a0dharma<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-pranitam<\/em>: \u201cReal religious life is that which is enunciated directly by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\u201d [Srimad<\/em>\u2013Bhagavatam<\/em>\u00a06.3.19] For instance, what do you mean by civil law? Civil law means the word given by the state. You cannot make civil law at home. That is not possible. Whatever the government gives you \u201cYou should act like this\u201d that is law. Similarly\u00a0dharma<\/em>, religious life, means the direction given by God. That is\u00a0dharma<\/em>. Simple definition. If you create some\u00a0dharma<\/em>\u00a0or I create some\u00a0dharma<\/em>\u00a0or another man creates another\u00a0dharma<\/em>, these are not\u00a0dharma<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Therefore Krsna ends the\u00a0Bhagavad-gita<\/em>\u00a0by saying,\u00a0sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja<\/em>: \u201cJust give up all your concocted ideas about\u00a0dharma<\/em>\u00a0and surrender to Me.\u201d [Bg. 18.66] This is\u00a0dharma <\/em>surrender to Krsna. Any other \u201cdharma\u201d<\/em>\u00a0is not\u00a0dharma<\/em>. Otherwise why does Krsna ask,\u00a0sarva-dharman parityajya <\/em>give it all up\u201d? He has already said. In every age I make My advent to establish the principles of religion.\u201d And at last He says that we should give up all the so-called religious principles that we have manufactured. All these man-made principles are not actually religious principles. Real\u00a0dharma<\/em>, real religious life, means what is given by God. But we have no understanding of what God is and what His word is. That is modern civilization\u2019s defect.<\/p>\n

But the order is there, God is there it is simply that we won\u2019t accept. So where is the possibility of peace? Everything is there, ready-made. But we won\u2019t accept. So what is the remedy for our disease? We are searching after peace, but we won\u2019t accept the very thing that will actually give us peace. This is our disease. Therefore, this Krsna consciousness movement is trying to awaken the dormant Krsna consciousness in everyone\u2019s heart. Just consider: four or five years ago, these Europeans and Americans had never even heard of Krsna so how are they now taking Krsna consciousness so seriously? Krsna consciousness is already there in everyone\u2019s heart. It simply has to be awakened. And this awakening process is described in the\u00a0Caitanya-caritamrta<\/em>[Madhya<\/em>\u00a022.107]:<\/p>\n

nitya siddha krsna-prema \u2018sadhya \u2018kabhu naya
\nsravanadi-suddha-citte karaye udaya<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Love for Krsna, devotion for Krsna is within everyone\u2019s heart, but we have forgotten. So this Krsna consciousness movement is simply meant for awakening that dormant love by giving everyone the chance to hear about Krsna. This is the process.<\/p>\n

For instance, when you are sleeping. I have to call you loudly. \u201cMr. Such-and-such! Such-and-such! Get up! You have to tend to this business:\u201d No other senses will act when you are sleeping. But the ear will act. Therefore in this age, when people are so fallen that they will not listen to anything, if we chant this Hare Krsna\u00a0maha<\/em>\u2013mantra<\/em>\u00a0they\u2019ll be awakened to Krsna consciousness. This is practical. So if we are actually anxious for peace and tranquility in society, then we must be very serious about understanding Krsna. That is my request. Don\u2019t take the Krsna consciousness movement lightly.<\/p>\n

This movement can solve all the problems of life, all the problems in the world. Social, political, philosophical, religious, economic everything can be solved by Krsna consciousness. Therefore, we request those who are leaders like His Excellency, who is present here \u201cYou should try to understand this Krsna consciousness movement.\u201d It is very scientific and authorized. It is not a mental concoction or a sentimental movement. It is a most scientific movement. So we are inviting all leaders from all countries. \u201cTry to understand.\u201d If you are sober, if you are actually reasonable, you\u2019ll understand that this Krsna consciousness movement is the most sublime movement for the welfare of the whole human society.<\/p>\n

The Unlimited, Endless Pleasure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anyone may come we are prepared to discuss this subject matter. The ultimate goal of human life is to achieve immortality.\u00a0Tyaktva deham punar janma naiti.<\/em>\u00a0This is our mission, but we have forgotten this. We are simply leading the life of cats and dogs, without any knowledge that we can achieve that perfection of life where there will be no more birth, no more death. We do not even understand that there is the possibility of\u00a0amrtatvam<\/em>, immortality. But it is totally possible. Nobody wants to die. Nobody wants to become an old man; nobody wants to become diseased. This is our natural inclination. Why? Because originally, in our spiritual form, there is no birth, no death, no old age, no disease. So after moving through the evolutionary process, up through the aquatics, plants, trees, birds, when at last we come to this human form of body then we should know what the goal of life is. The goal of life is\u00a0amrtatvam,<\/em>\u00a0to become immortal.<\/p>\n

Immortal you\u00a0can<\/em>\u00a0become simply by becoming Krsna conscious. Krsna says it. It is a fact. We simply have to understand.\u00a0Janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah.<\/em>\u00a0If you try to understand Krsna in truth, then\u00a0tyaktva deham punar janma naiti:<\/em>\u00a0after giving up this body, you won\u2019t have to accept any more material bodies. And as soon as you don\u2019t accept any more material bodies, that means you have become immortal. The thing is, by nature we\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0immortal. So Krsna makes His advent, Krsna comes to teach us this lesson:<\/p>\n

mamaivamso jiva-loke
\njiva-bhutah sanatanah
\nmanah-sasthanindriyani
\nprakrti-sthani karsati<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are immortal by nature. As spirit soul, you are part and parcel of Me. I am immortal, and so you are also immortal. Unnecessarily, you are trying to be happy in this material world.\u201d [Bg.<\/em>\u00a015.7]<\/p>\n

You have already tried and tried to find happiness in sensuous life, through so many bodies as cats, as dogs, as demigods, as trees, as plants, as insects. So now that you have a human body, with its higher intelligence, don\u2019t be captivated by sensuous life. Just try to understand Krsna. That is the verdict of the Vedic literatures.\u00a0Nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye\u00a0<\/em>[Bhag.<\/em>\u00a05.5.1]: to work very hard like dogs and hogs for sense gratification is not the ambition of human life; human life is meant for a little austerity.\u00a0Tapo divyam putraka yena sattvam suddhyet:<\/em>\u00a0we have to purify our existence; that is the mission of human life. Why shall I purify my existence?\u00a0Brahma-saukhyam tv anantam:<\/em>\u00a0because then you will get spiritual realization, the unlimited, endless pleasure and happiness. That is real pleasure, real happiness.<\/p>\n

ramante yogino \u2018nante
\nsatyananda-cid-atmani
\niti rama-padenasau
\nparam brahmabhidhiyate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe mystics derive unlimited transcendental pleasures from the Absolute Truth, and therefore the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, is also known as Rama.\u201d [Padma Purana<\/em>]<\/p>\n

All the great saintly persons of India have cultivated this spiritual knowledge so nicely and fully. Formerly, people used to go to India to find out about spiritual life. Even Jesus Christ went there. And yet we are not taking advantage of it. It is not that these literatures and directions are meant only for the Indians or for the Hindus or for the\u00a0brahmanas.<\/em>\u00a0No. They are meant for everyone, because Krsna claims,\u00a0aham bija-pradah pita:<\/em>\u00a0\u201cI am everyone\u2019s father.\u201d Therefore, He is very anxious to make us peaceful, happy. Just as an ordinary father wants to see that his son is well situated and happy, similarly Krsna wants to see every one of us well situated and happy. Therefore He comes sometimes. This is the purpose of Krsna\u2019s advent.<\/p>\n

Thank you very much.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 Sep 1896 \u2013 14 Nov 1977) was a Gaudiya Vaishnavism<\/a> spiritual teacher (guru) and the founder preceptor (acharya) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness<\/a> (ISKCON), commonly known as the \u201cHare Krishna Movement\u201d.\u00a0 In 1959 he took a vow of renunciation (sannyasa) and started writing commentaries on \"\"<\/a>Vaishnava scriptures. In his later years, as a traveling Vaishnava monk, he became an influential communicator of Gaudiya Vaishnava theology to India and specifically to the West through his leadership of ISKCON, founded in 1966. As the founder of ISKCON, he \u201cemerged as a major figure of the Western counterculture, initiating thousands of youngsters around the world.\u201d He received criticism from anti-cult groups, as well as a favorable welcome from religious scholars such as J. Stillson Judah, Harvey Cox<\/a>, Larry Shinn<\/a> and Thomas Hopkins<\/a>, who praised Bhaktivedanta Swami\u2019s translations and defended the group against distorted media images and misinterpretations. He has been described as a charismatic leader, in the sense used by sociologist Max Weber<\/a>, as he was successful in acquiring followers in the United States, Europe, India and elsewhere. After his death in 1977, ISKCON, the society he founded based on a type of Hindu Krishnaism using the Bhagavata Purana<\/a> as a central scripture, continued to grow. In February 2014, ISKCON\u2019s news agency reported to have reached a milestone of distributing over half a billion books authored by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, since 1965. <\/em>(Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

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