Every Indians duty–SP

Wash DC July 6 1976 lecture
 
This is Indian mission. Para–upakāra. Not exploit others—to give something. That is Indian mission, that he has to give something. He has nothing to take. He has to give something. And what is that? ThatCaitanya Mahāprabhu teaches, that āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra’ eideśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. Even if you cannot deliver the whole world or very expansive area, at least, wherever you are, you just deliver them.Āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra ei deśa. “You become a guru by My order.” So one may say that “I have no qualification. How can I become a guru or how can I deliver these fallen persons?” So Kṛṣṇa, CaitanyaMahāprabhu says, “Don’t be disappointed.”

Bas. Simply as messenger, as peon, you simply carry the messages ofBhagavad-gītā, kṛṣṇa–upadeśa. Then you become guru. Then you become guru. It is not difficult.

 

So it is the duty of every Indian not to forget their culture, but bring that culture, pure, wherever you are living and behave yourself to thatculture and teach others. That is Indian mission.

Thank you very much. [break] What is that question?
Mr. Deyani: No, but my question, sir, was that at some point you have to be the servant of the God, you will have to be a servant of your family or the country or something to serve.

Prabhupāda: Yes, that I’m already explaining, that āmāra ājñāya guruhañā tāra: [Cc. Madhya 7.128] wherever you are, you deliver them.That is service. That is service. Wherever you are. Either you are in the family or in the community or in the country or anywhere, you simply give them service, deliver them. Without service, how you can deliver them? And you haven’t got to discover anything or make research. What is already there, kṛṣṇa–upadeśa, you teach them, that’s all. He’ll be delivered. You’ll be delivered, he’ll be delivered. It is not at all difficult. Not that I have to manufacture some transcendental means. No. The already instruction is there, kṛṣṇa–upadeśa. Yāre dekha, tārekaha ‘kṛṣṇa’-upadeśa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. Then you deliver yourself, you deliver others also. That is the mission.
Women: …convinced that they have some revelation or some experience that is assuring them of eternal life. So they are not very open to hear about Kṛṣṇa, and the
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Prabhupāda: If they are not open to hear about Kṛṣṇa, then don’t waste your time. The simple thing. There are four things. For a preacher, there are four things:

When in the lower stage of devotional service, he cannot become preacher. When he’s in a little upper, second stage, he can become preacher. So preacher has to see four things. First of all God, īśvara,and tad–adhīneṣu, and those who are devotees. God, His devotees, andbāliśa, innocent. He does not know anything about… So three: God, devotee, and the innocent. And dviṣat, envious, atheist class. He has to see four things, and he has to deal with four persons differently. With God, īśvare prema: how to advance my love for God, these dealings.Prema–maitrī, and to the devotees, we have to make friendship with them. Prema–maitrī. And to the innocent, we have to preach, kṛpā:“Oh, here is an innocent person. He does not know; he’s eager to learn.” There teaching is required. Teaching, you cannot teach God or you cannot teach God’s devotees. But you can teach the innocent. And those who are dviṣat, atheist, upekṣā, don’t go there, save yourself. These are the four things. So when one is not open to hear, then don’t bother yourself. That requires very strong preacher to convince the atheist class, provided he is reasonable also. If he’s stubborn, obstinate, then it is also very difficult. But preaching is meant, innocent, that one who is actually sincere but he does not know what is God, what is my relationship with God, there is necessity of preaching. Not to the envious or those who are already advanced, or to God. This is the… Hmm. Bālīya. (indistinct)

Indian man: Prabhupāda, you are giving a very simple process, which is… I can confirm by (indistinct) …it is not (indistinct) Indians coming? Why? They are exposed to Kṛṣṇa from their birth; still they are not interested. Nobody wants to listen.

Prabhupāda: Because they have become bara-sab. Especially in the foreign countries, they become bara-sab. So that is the misfortune of India. They are giving up their culture and being misguided. So if they actually feel that they must maintain their own culture, then it is notdifficult. It is the duty of every Indian, as Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that,

If that mentality is developed, that “In India we were born, we have got the greatest culture, recognized by all the world. So I must make my life successful by taking this culture and distribute it to the whole world,” that is real Indian culture. If… They are thinking that they are poverty-stricken. Poverty-stricken because they have given their own culture; therefore poverty-stricken. Otherwise, there is no question of poverty-stricken. So anyway this is Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s message,that every Indian should take advantage of the great culture, Vedic culture, and make his life successful, and after acquiring mature knowledge he should distribute the knowledge throughout the whole world. This is Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s...

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