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Therefore the common saying is that “Man proposes; God disposes.” Therefore a devotee, he never depends in himself. He never considers himself, “I am independent.” He simply depends on the supreme will of the Lord. That is devotion. “If God desires… If Kṛṣṇa desires…”Whenever we used to ask our Guru Mahārāja something, “Is it going to be happened like that?” some work, he never said, “Yes, it is going to happen. Yes, we are going to do it.” No. “Yes, if Kṛṣṇa desires, it may be.” He never said like that, positively. “If Kṛṣṇa desires.” Actually this is the fact. If Kṛṣṇa desires, God desires, anything wonderful can be done. If He does not desire, however you may try, it will never be done.

NY Dec 27 66

conclusion–we are not the controllers, as there are 5 factors for every action, and the Supersoul is the ultimate one who sanctions every and any activity.

Rāmeśvara: Śrīla Prabhupāda, we were painting one painting for the last volume of Seventh Canto which shows that Kṛṣṇa is in the heart of all living entities. Now, the question came up whether Kṛṣṇa…. Since Kṛṣṇa is inside every atom, are there living entities in every atom? So I said that you had already answered that, that Kṛṣṇa is never alone, so there must be some living entity within the atom. So then the question was: Is this atom one of the bodies, just like human body, and then gradually that living entity gets a higher body, higher body, or does he always remain inside the atom?

Prabhupāda: Body does not develop. He changes body. Why don’t you understand this?

Rāmeśvara: He changes body.

Prabhupāda: The motorcar does not develop. I change this motorcar to another.

Rāmeśvara: But that’s the question.

Prabhupāda: That is Darwin’s theory. Motorcar is not developing to big motorcar. That is nonsense. Motorcar is motorcar, but I can change from this car to that car.

Hari–śauri: Yes, that’s what he was wondering, whether the spirit soul leaves the atom to take another higher body.

Prabhupāda: Yes, it is always…. Transmigration means going on, simply changing.

Rāmeśvara: Is that counted as one of the 8,400,000 species? Is the atom counted among the different species?

Prabhupāda: Atom is not manifested. May be one of the species, but the total is 8,400,000. What is the difference between the small atom and this body? The same thing, material. It’s very small; it is a little bigger. That’s all. And similarly, the universe is still bigger. After all, it is matter. [break] …prakṛti. Aṇḍāntara-stha–paramāṇu–cayāntara-stham [Bs. 5.35].What is this? He’s standing on election? [break]

Rāmeśvara: It is written in the Caitanya–caritāmṛta that when LordCaitanya entered this universe, the entire universe was blessed, or benefited. So I’m wondering how Lord Caitanya’s movement is going on on other planets other than this planet. Is there some organizedsaṅkīrtana?

Prabhupāda: Yes. How other planetary system is going on, you do not know, but we can guess it is going on like this. Anumāna. Pratyakṣa anumāna. One thing is direct perception, another by guessing. Pratyakṣa anumāna and śabda and śruti, aitihya. There are so many evidences.Harer nāma harer nāma [Cc. Ādi 17.21]. Śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu…

Rāmeśvara: Devotees once told me you said that the demigods like this movement very much so that they’re standing in line to take their birth in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.

Prabhupāda: Yes. They like to come here on this planet. Just like you Kṛṣṇa conscious men, you are very much enthusiastic to go to India. India has no material attraction, but why our men wanted to go to India in spite of so many difficulties? Similarly, in the higher planet, heavenly planet, they are so much engrossed with material happiness that there is no facility. But here there is facility, in this earth, Bhūrloka.Bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām [Bg. 2.44]. One who is too much attached to material convenience and everything, they have no opportunity for Kṛṣṇa consciousness. LA June 9 1976

Hare Krsna–

Below we have a short note about the CIA investigating sounds coming from the North Star, or the universal pole star. They said they heard the Hare Krsna Maha mantra coming in beams from there …..

If these people had any real intelligence they could just go to a bona fide Hare Krsna temple and hear the mantra for free, without all their sophisticated machinery. This mantra is being “imported” from the Spiritual World, and the Pole Star, according to the sastra, is the only spiritual planet in this universe. As we all know, everything revolves around this pole star planet. I wonder why that is???

Jayādvaita: Some scientists have started a project. They are beaming radio messages into space because they think perhaps there is someone intelligent there, and they will beam back something.

Prabhupāda: Their knowledge is “perhaps.” It is nonsense. They have no definite knowledge. “Perhaps.” Perhaps is not knowledge.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: We had one CIA agent. Previously, he was a CIA agent. I was told this story, I don’t know. Anyway, might as well relate it. So they were doing an experiment in the Bahama Islands off Florida. They were all very high intellects. They were developing a certain radio beam to measure the beams which are given off from other planets, thinking that maybe these intelligent beings, they are sending some message out. So they developed this way ofsensoring the beams which were coming from the North Star. Anyway, he said—and he was serious, I was told this; he’s in India now, one of our devotees there—he said that when they focused on the North Star and they got the beam back, when they translated it, it came out to be the mahā–mantra.

Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Yes. And so they went to the Department of Intelligence, (laughter) and they went to the United States Army, because this was an army project, and when the Army got hold of it they said, “Oh, you people are all nonsense. Disband this project.”

Prabhupāda: That is…. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung: golokeraprema–dhana hari–nāma–saṅkīrtana. Hari–nāma–saṅkīrtana is not the mundane sound. It is coming from there. Golokera prema–dhana hari–nāma–saṅkīrtana. It is not material. Had it been material, then how it is so effective? That’s a fact. The sound is, beam is coming from there. Conv Detroit June 15 1976

SB 10.7.1-2 Thus one’s attachment for hearing about material things, which is the root cause of material existence, vanishes, and one gradually develops devotional service to the Supreme Lord, attachment for Him, and friendship with devotees who give us the contribution of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If you think it fit, kindly speak about those activities of the Lord.

Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted. SB 1.2.17

…..So the ear is open. So therefore the Vedic mantras are called śruti. We have to hear the mantra, Vedicmantra. Just like if a man is bitten by snake,[goes into a coma] he is caused to hear the snake charmer’s mantra—still there are—so that he can become awakened. And it is said in the Cāṇakya Paṇḍita śloka, mantrauṣadhi-vaśaḥ sarpaḥ. Mantra is powerful still—by mantra, a snake-bittenperson can be brought into life. There are still some snake charmers in the villages. In our Māyāpura there is a Muhammadan, he can cure the snake-bitten case by mantra still. Bombay 12/74

So this snake charmers mantra is a material mantra, unlike the Maha Mantra which is the greatest of all Mantras because not only does it release us from material bondage, liberates us, but more importantly, re awakens our original dormant God-Krsna Consciousness !!!

HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

Hare Krsna

Below we have two opposite teachings by Srila Prabhupada. The topic is whether he is present or not present in his picture.

Now some will think, how is this possible? There can be two different understandings– on one topic ? Yes, and one explanation is that Prabhupada would preach to different individuals or audiences each according to what they could hear or understand. One may get a lower understanding and another would receive a higher understanding.

Below the very first quote is spoken to most probably a hippie crowd in San Francisco in 1967.In the collected teachings book series, Srila Prabhupada was giving very detailed classes from Caitanya Caritamrta in SF at this time. So who knows why he said what he did at that time, because just a year earlier in NY he told people there something the opposite. And later on, over a several year period he said basically the same thing repeatedly, that namely, the Spiritual master or any highly elevated soul IS PRESENT in his picture or photograph. Now lets take a look.

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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That Kṛṣṇa, I mean to say, Deity is not different from original Kṛṣṇa because absolute. Everything is Kṛṣṇa. Why this Deity should not be Kṛṣṇa? This is quite reasonable. If Kṛṣṇa is everything, why not this Deity Kṛṣṇa? This is also Kṛṣṇa. He can do. He has, His power is just like… If you take my photograph and if you put it in my seat, and I am not here, that photograph cannot act because it is material. But for Kṛṣṇa, His photograph, His statue, His everything can act because He is spiritual. So we should always know that as soon as we chant Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa is immediately there. San Francisco Feb 22 1967

Srila Prabhupada is present in picture

Next you ask if I am present in my picture and form? Yes. In form as well as in teachings. To carry out the teachings of guru is more important than to worship the form, but none of them should be neglected. Form is called vapu and teachings is called vāṇī. Both should be worshiped. Vāṇī is more important than vapu.

[Letter to Tuṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Ahmedabad 14 Dec 1972]

72-09-04.Jad Letter: Jadurani
There is no difference between me and my picture. Therefore we
should honor and keep pictures in that spirit. If we throw pictures
this way and that way, that is offence. The name and picture are as
good as the person in spiritual world. In the material world either
picture or person, everything is illusion.
Your ever well-wisher,

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Woman: You say you worship the deity photograph of someone who has gone. But the photograph of a spiritual teacher can be very helpful to teach them to love him because the photograph of a spiritual master is not material value, but it symbolizes the truth from which he has come.

Prabhupada: Yes. Those who are spiritually advanced, their photograph and ordinary photograph is different. Just like here is a statue of Krishna. He’s not different from Krishna. The original person Krishna and this statue of Krishna is the same. Simlarly, a spiritually perfect person and his photograph is the same. Because it is in the absolute stage.

Lect, NY, Sept. 16, 1966

Hare Krsna

Below are two very good points that Prabhupada makes

1.) For the materialists, all their work ends up as ZERO–at death, nobody takes a cent with them. So for a devotee, if we work 75% of the time for Krsna, that means 25% of our time it is for Maya. The 75% goes with us next lifetime, the 25% stays here in the material world. This is a waste of energy.

2.) For the devotees, this argument about taking to spiritual life is a no brainer. Who but a madman would work for nothing? But that is what all karmis or materialistic people are doing.

But for the devotees, Srila Prabhupada is encouraging us all to make this the final lifetime and work now towards that end. Why? Because if you have to work, which we all do, then why not work for Krsna and be finished once and for all with these material problematic bodies and repeated birth/death.?

Hare Krsna

damaghosa das

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Atlanta March 1 1975

. It is being automatically done. Two plustwo equal to four. Similarly, whatever we are doing, we are preparingfor the next life. Karmaṇa. Simply material nature has to give you a post: “Now you have done like this. Take this post.” You cannot deny. You cannot say, “No, no, I don’t like this post.” No, you have to take it. So for the karmīs, even they have done their so-called duties very perfectly well, what is the profit? There is no profit, because we are under the control of material nature. But the devotees, whatever little service they have done, that is permanent asset. That is not controlled by nature. That is controlled by God.

…….But they do not believe in the next life, although it is very common sense. Actually there is next life because Kṛṣṇa says, and we can understand the philosophy by a little intelligence that there is next life. So our proposition is that “If you have got to prepare yourself for the next life, then why don’t you take the trouble of preparing for going back to home, back to Godhead?” This is our proposition. You can prepare yourself to go to hell or heaven. That doesn’t matter because that is also temporary. Kṣīṇe puṇye punar martya–lokaṁ viṣanti. After you have finished… Just like you may go to jail or to somewhere else. When your visa or time is finished, then you are free from such life. Similarly, even if we go to the heavenly planet, when the resultant action of our pious activities are finished, then again we are turned down here. So in this way sometimes higher planetary, sometimes lower planetary, we are traveling. Therefore our best business is: “Why not go back to home, back to Godhead?” Kṛṣṇa says, mad–yājino ‘piyānti mam: [Bg. 9.25] “Anyone who is Kṛṣṇa conscious, he comes to Me.” So why not go to Kṛṣṇa? Then the question will be: “What is the benefit of going to Kṛṣṇaloka? What is the difference between going to heavenly planet or any other planet and going to Kṛṣṇa?” The difference is, any planet go, you are under the four material regulation,janma–mṛtyu–jarā–vyādhi: [Bg. 13.9] birth, death, old age and disease. But if you go to Kṛṣṇa… Yad gatvā na nivartante tad dhāma paramaṁ mama [Bg. 15.6]. If you go to Kṛṣṇa, then you don’t get any more chance to come down and take a material body. You can live there eternally blissful life of knowledge. That is the difference.

So any intelligent man should take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, cultivate the Kṛṣṇa conscious business and go back to home, back to Godhead, for eternal life. This mission we are preaching all over the world because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted it. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted to deliver the fallen souls from the clutches of māyā and take them back to home, back to Godhead. Atlanta March 1 1975

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So to forget Krsna and to become subjected to the condition of

material nature, that is called material life. Material life means to

give up the idea of going back to home, back to Godhead, but making

plan here to be happy. This is called maya, or material life.

Hare Krsna to all

What you read below may come as a shock to you, if you are not up on all the changes to the books done by the un-authorized editors of the BBT.

Below we have Jayadvaita swami in Srila Prabhupadas own presence, in a room conversation reading the original version of Bg 7.28 with the purport. And then down below this conversation we have supplied the changed version he has now put into Prabhupadas original BG. It should be noted that at that time, in 1976, in Srila Prabhupadas presence, with Prabhupada listening to his own verse translation and purport, that he did not say anything was wrong with this edition. If there was an error or he did not like it, he would have said something.He was preaching on the basis of what was being read there.

Yet today we have literally thousands (1,000’s) of changes to this same Original BG done by JAS , Dravida and Co. Ironically, it was Jayadvaita swami himself reading the verse and purport himself, while the subtle seeds of envy burned within his devious heart.

Some 10 years later he came out with his “new and improved ” version of BG, which certainly was not the original version which convinced him to join Srila Prabhupada, and become his disciple back in the late “60’s.

Hare Krsna

damaghosa das

Adi 1.46 purport —Influenced by an envious temperament and dissatisfied because of an attitude of sense gratification, mundaners criticize a real ācārya. In fact, however, a bona fide ācārya is nondifferent from the Personality of Godhead, and therefore to envy such an ācārya is to envy the Personality of Godhead Himself. This will produce an effect subversive of transcendental realization.

Note-when someone changes the written words of the acarya this is envy of him because one thinks his own words and realizations are BETTER than his own spiritual masters words. So re writing the books means to criticize the Acarya,thinking “I know better than my own spiritual master”. Especially when that same Acarya told us- not to change one word !

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Detroit June 15 1976 Conversations

Prabhupāda: Do you have the passage there?

Jayādvaita: Yes. “Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in this life, whose sinful actions are completely eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion, engage themselves in My service with determination.“

Scheverman: Yes, we too see sin as an obstacle to communication and relationship with the Lord God.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Read the purport.

Scheverman: In fact, we define sin as that which separates us from the friendship of God.

Rakṣaṇa: So that means following God’s instructions, such as “Thou shalt not kill,” right?

Jayādvaita: This is the purport. “Those eligible for elevation to the transcendental position are mentioned in this verse. For those who are sinful, atheistic, foolish and deceitful, it is very difficult to transcend the duality of desire and hate. Only those who have passed their lives in practicing the regulative principles of religion, who have acted piously and have conquered sinful reactions can accept devotional service and gradually rise to the pure knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then, gradually, they can meditate in trance on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the process of being situated on the spiritual platform. This elevation is possible in Kṛṣṇaconsciousness in the association of pure devotees who can deliver one from delusion. It is stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that if one actually wants to be liberated, he must render service to the devotees; but one who associates with materialistic people is on the path leading to the darkest region of existence. All the devotees of the Lord traverse this earth just to recover the conditioned souls from their delusion. The impersonalists do not know that forgetting their constitutional position as subordinate to the Supreme Lord is the greatest violation of God’s law. Unless one is reinstated in his own constitutional position, it is not possible to understand the Supreme Personality or to be fully engaged in His transcendental loving service with determination.”

Scheverman: Yes, we can certainly agree with that.

Prabhupāda: So, we have to teach people how to refrain from sinful activities. (Like changing the books !)Then, when he’s pure, then God will reveal. If we keep them in sinful life, at the same time we want to preach them, it will not be possible. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is said that those who are animal killer, they cannot understand about God. Vinā paśu–ghnāt. So if in the human society unnecessary animal killing is encouraged, he will never be able to understand what is God. The greatest sinful activity, paśu–ghnāt. So in human society, unnecessarily animal killing is going on. So they are entangled in sinful activities; therefore they are unable to understand what is God.

Below we have shown the two versions of BG 7.28. The first one is the original, being read by Jayadvaita swami back in Detroit June 15 1976 in front of Srila Prabhupada, who then comments upon that verse and purport. Now some 40 years later we have JAS new version with all his changes additions and deletions of Srila Prabhupadas sacred vani. See for yourself below what he has changed

Blue text means deleted from the original. Pink means changed from the original, and hi lighted text means whatJAS has added upon his own initiative.

Original Version Below

492 TEXT 28

493

494 TRANSLATION

495

496 Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in

497 this life, whose sinful actions are completely

> eradicated and who are freed from the duality of delusion,

> engage themselves in My service with

> determination.

498 PURPORT

499

500 Those eligible for elevation to the transcendental position

501 are mentioned in this verse. For those who are sinful,

> atheistic, foolish and deceitful, it is very difficult to

> transcend the duality of desire and hate. Only those who

> have passed their lives in practicing the regulative

> principles of religion, who have acted piously and have

> conquered sinful reactions can accept devotional service

> and gradually rise to the pure knowledge of the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead. Then, gradually, they can meditate

> in trance on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is

> the process of being situated on the spiritual platform.

> This elevation is possible in Krsna consciousness in the

> association of pure devotees who can

> deliver one from delusion.

502 It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that if one

503 actually wants to be liberated he must render service to

> the devotees; but one

> who associates with materialistic people is on the path

> leading to the darkest region of existence

> . All the devotees of the Lord

> traverse this earth just to recover the conditioned souls

> from their delusion. The impersonalists do not know that

> forgetting their constitutional position as subordinate to

> the Supreme Lord is the greatest violation of God’s law.

> Unless one is reinstated in his own constitutional position,

> it is not possible to understand the Supreme Personality

> or to be fully engaged in His transcendental loving service

> with determination.

Changed Version Below

500 TEXT 28

501

502 TRANSLATION

503

504 Persons who have acted piously in previous lives and in

505 this life and whose sinful actions are completely

> eradicated are freed from the dualities of delusion,

> and they engage themselves in My service with

> determination.

506 PURPORT

507

508 Those eligible for elevation to the transcendental position

509 are mentioned in this verse. For those who are sinful,

> atheistic, foolish and deceitful, it is very difficult to

> transcend the duality of desire and hate. Only those who

> have passed their lives in practicing the regulative

> principles of religion, who have acted piously and who have

> conquered sinful reactions can accept devotional service

> and gradually rise to the pure knowledge of the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead. Then, gradually, they can meditate

> in trance on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is

> the process of being situated on the spiritual platform.

> This elevation is possible in Krsna consciousness in the

> association of pure devotees, for in the association of

> great devotees one can be delivered from delusion.

510 It is stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.5.2) that if one

511 actually wants to be liberated he must render service to

> the devotees (mahat-sevam dvaram ahur vimukteh); but one

> who associates with materialistic people is on the path

> leading to the darkest region of existence (tamo-dvaram

> yositam sangi-sangam). All the devotees of the Lord

> traverse this earth just to recover the conditioned souls

> from their delusion. The impersonalists do not know that

> forgetting their constitutional position as subordinate to

> the Supreme Lord is the greatest violation of God’s law.

> Unless one is reinstated in his own constitutional position,

> it is not possible to understand the Supreme Personality

> or to be fully engaged in His transcendental loving service

> with determination.

…..So the ear is open. So therefore the Vedic mantras are called śruti. We have to hear the mantra, Vedicmantra. Just like if a man is bitten by snake,[goes into a coma] he iscaused to hear the snake charmer’s mantra—still there are—so that he can become awakened. And it is said in the Cāṇakya Paṇḍita śloka, mantrauṣadhi-vaśaḥ sarpaḥ. Mantra is powerful still—by mantra, a snake-bittenperson can be brought into life. There are still some snake charmers in the villages. In our Māyāpura there is a Muhammadan, he can cure the snake-bitten case by mantra still. Bombay 12/74

HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE

HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE

.So similarly, therefore, this Vedic system always gives us injunction. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet:[MU 1.2.12] “Onemust go to the authority.” And how to become authority? There is no question of research, this research. Just like in the material world one becomes doctorate by research work, here there is no question of research. You simply have to accept what is stated in the Veda. That’s all. That makes you all right. Research is already done. There is no question of taking trouble yourself. You simply accept. Just like Kṛṣṇa says, sarva–dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja:[Bg. 18.66] “You give up everything and surrender unto Me.” And if we foolishly go on seeing, “Oh, why shall I surrender?” as some very learned commentator, “Not to Kṛṣṇa, but somebody else…” Not like that. Kṛṣṇa says, “Surrender.” Surrender yourself and you will see how you are making progress. That is the thing.Krsna says, “You surrender.” You surrender. That will make you happy. There is no question, “All right. Let me research, make research whether by surrendering to Kṛṣṇa I shall be happy.” Go on. You can. If you want, you can go on researching. But you will never be successful to… Even in the Brahma–saṁhitā it is stated, panthās tu koṭi–śata–vatsara-sampragamyaḥ [Bs. 5.34] If you make research in a speed, and the speed is stated, koṭi–śata–vatsara–sampragamyo vāyor athāpi manasomuni–puṅgavānām… Just like if you want to cover a path which is very long, and how you measure its length? Now, by research. What is that research? Now, you go on by force. What is that force? The force of mind and force of velocity of the wind, velocity of the wind and velocity of the mind.And you push on in that way for ten millions or more than years in that way, still, you will find avicintya: you have not reached the goal. Research. If you make your research in such a speed and for many millions of years, still, avicintya–tattva, still it will be inconceivable.

So the best thing is that to believe it, and accept the opinion of authorities, and believe by the activities of God and His incarnation, and submit yourself to get the thing. That’s all.Thank you very much. Any question? (end)

NY Dec 27 1966

Hare Krsna to all

Pranams

Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Below we have a few statements by Srila Prabhupada regarding crime in both America and India,( and the entire world for that matter).

It has become so bad today, I just heard a news report from a credit card industry person who says that millions of Americans (and others as well) , are at risk of having their credit card numbers stolen and used by international thieves-even if you have fraud and other theft protection !! The criminals have become so expert, that the credit card industry knows it has to issue an entirely new type of card which (at least for now) will thwart the thieves from stealing your personal information and racking up a huge bill in your name.But like car recalls, the pencil pushers (staticians) tell the car manufacturers not to fix all the millions of car defects because its cheaper to settle a few lawsuits out of court than to fix millions of car problems. Even if hundreds or thousands may die from these defects ! Same thing with the credit cards. This the unfortunate situation of the age in which we live. The government cant help you,and the companies who are supposed to be working for you, cant help you.

So who can help you? Nobody !

You have to help yourself– by being smart. How do you become smart?

There is a saying that God helps those who help themselves and this means—

Srila Prabhupada says….In Bhagavad-gītā (9.22) Kṛṣṇa says that He provides for His devotees by giving them what they lack and preserving what they have. People are very fond of saying that God helps those who helpthemselves, but they do not understand that helping yourself meansputting yourself under Kṛṣṇa’s protection. If one thinks, “Oh, I can help myself. I can protect myself,” one is thinking foolishly. As long as my finger is attached to my body, it is useful, and I may spend thousands of dollars to preserve it. But if this finger is cut off, it is useless and is thrown away. Similarly, we are part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, and helping ourselves means putting ourselves in our proper position as His parts and parcels.Otherwise we are only fit to be cast away. The finger can help itself only when situated properly on the hand and working on behalf of the entire body. If the finger thinks, “I will separate myself from this body and simply help myself,” that finger will be cast away and will die. As soon as we think, “I shall live independently of Kṛṣṇa,” that is our spiritual (and material) death, and as soon as we engage in Kṛṣṇa’s service, as His part and parcel, that is our spiritual life.Therefore, helping oneself means knowing one’s actual position and working accordingly. It is not possible to help oneself without knowing one’s position. POP 1

Hare Krsna

Damaghosa das

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Madhudviṣa: They have made a survey in America.They have made a survey that nine out of every ten crimes never gets a victim.

Prabhupāda: Hm?

Madhudviṣa: Never gets solved. Nine out of every ten crimes never gets solved in America.

Prabhupāda: No, it cannot be solved.

Pañca–draviḍa: It’s more than that, probably.

Madhudviṣa: So the criminal is very much encouraged, because he has only one chance in ten of getting caught whether he robs a bank or steals or rapes or something like that.

Prabhupāda: But for this purpose they are maintaining huge policeforce, and you are earning money and tax, that’s all.

Rāmeśvara: The police all accept bribes.

Prabhupāda: Eh?

Rāmeśvara: They all accept bribes or they do some illegal business themselves with the criminals they capture.

Prabhupāda: Yes, regular… Every criminal has got organization to bribe the police. And the police does not take directly, and some in-between man, agent, he collects from the criminal and gives to the police. In India this is going on. I know that. A via-media man, he makes fortune. Yes. Whatever is collected, ten percent he takes, and balance is given to the police. There is a confectioner in Delhi. He is selling jalebi. You knowjalebi?

Devotees: Yes.

Prabhupāda: He has got ten lakhs of rupees because he collects the bribefrom others and pay to the police. Everyone knows. There was one Mullik, now, on that Mahātmā Gandhi Road. His business was that. He was collecting. That quarter, our quarter, was full of pocket, pickpockets,guṇḍās. Pickpockets, gundas, in our childhood they were our neighborhood. (laughs) I remember when I was child I was coming, and the pickpocket was pickpocketing, and he was… He was doing like that: “Don’t speak. Don’t talk.” I have seen all this. And whenever there was any riot, so we were accustomed to see everything. When there wasHindu-Muslim riot, one boyfriend told me, “Oh, don’t go to your house. It is… A great riot is…” I thought, “Riot is going on daily.” It was the same thing. [break] …quarter. Induriya prakāra(?)

Bhāgavata: In New York one policeman admitted that when the policewould capture the thieves with the stolen goods, then they would confiscate the goods and keep it privately in their homes and sell the stolen goods and get the money for themselves. They would not return it to the owner, but they would utilize it for making money. So they are also thieves.

Prabhupāda: So if this is the practice in a country which is so opulent, just imagine what is there in India.

Mayapur March 13 1976

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…That is the contribution. And for this reason he had to face so many vehement protests from this brāhmaṇa class gosvāmīns. He… They conspired to kill him. Guru Mahārāja told me personally.Others… Because, by his grace, when I used to meet alone, he used to talk so many things. He was so kind that he used to talk so many things with me. So he personally told me that “These people, they wanted to kill me. They collected 25,000 rupees and went to the police officer in charge of that area, that ‘You take this 25,000 rupees. We shall do something against Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. You don’t take any step.’ ” He could understand that they want to kill him. Just like in your country also, the polit…, Kennedy, was killed. You know. .. So the police officer frankly said, “Of course, we accept bribe, and we indulge in such things, but not for a sādhu, not for a saintly person. I cannot dare this.” And the police officer refused and came to my Guru Mahārāja that “You take care. This is the position.” You see? So vehemently protested. Feb 7 1969 LA

Kali–yuga is full of contamination. This is described in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.3.51):

kaler doṣa–nidhe rājann
asti hy eko mahān guṇaḥ
kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya
mukta–saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet

This age of Kali is full of unlimited faults. Indeed, it is just like an oceanof faults (doṣa–nidhi). But there is one chance, one opportunity.Kīrtanād eva kṛṣṇasya mukta–saṅgaḥ paraṁ vrajet: simply by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, one can be freed from the contamination ofKali–yuga and, in his original spiritual body, can return home, back to Godhead. This is the opportunity of Kali–yuga.

SB 8.5.23 purport

nāma vinu kali-kāle nāhi āra dharma

sarva-mantra-sāra nāma, ei śāstra-marma

TRANSLATION

” ‘In this Age of Kali there is no religious principle other than the chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all Vedic hymns. This is the purport of all scriptures.’ Adi 7.74

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