Submitted by: Damagosha Dasa
LA Dec 22 1968
Jāhnavā: Śrī Bhaktivedanta, how is it that the Absolute, which is so, at this point, for me, beyond human comprehension, how can it take this form of Kṛṣṇa-Rādhā?
Prabhupāda: It is His mercy. The Bhāgavata says that if you want to understand God, His name, His quality, His paraphernalia, His form, it is not possible to realize by your present senses. It is not possible. Ataḥ śrī-kṛṣṇa-nāmādi na bhaved grāhyam indriyaiḥ [Cc. Madhya17.136]. These present senses, they are so contaminated that it is not possible that you can understand God, His form, His name, His quality, His paraphernalia by speculation. No, it is not possible. Then? How it is possible? Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau svayam eva sphuraty adaḥ. God reveals to you by your service attitude. And that service attitude begins from your tongue, jihvā.Jihvā means tongue. How? You chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and taste Kṛṣṇa prasādam. Then you will realize. Two things. Very simple method. He’ll reveal. You cannot understand what is God, but God will reveal to you, “Here I am.” Just like you cannot ask the sun, “Please rise up. I want to seeyou.” Oh, he is not your servant. But when sun reveals to you, you see yourself, you see the sun, and the whole world, everything nicely. So you have to wait for that revelation. And you have to practice this, first of all, this tongue. Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau [Brs. 1.2.234]. This particular tongue is mentioned. You can begin to reach that stage of revelation by training your tongue. What is that? Chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and taste Kṛṣṇa prasādam. Very simple method. You try it and see. Otherwise it is not possible. God is not so little that you can order Him and He’ll… No, that is not possible. But if He’s pleased, then He’ll reveal Himself. So any other question? Or let us chant. (devotees offer obeisances)
Note-most of the ingredients below come from the three gardens/greenhouse out back
Below-French style garden beans gratinee with garden salad and garden German sour kraut-all offered to Lord Krsna thru His pure devotee Srila Prabhupada.
Below-garden salad, garden radishes, garden subji, and garden squash fritters baked with coconut oil and
home made yoghurt
Below-veggie burgers made with garden bean pate, garden mustard greens, and garden pickles, french fried garden spuds, and last but not least-homemade strawberry pie slathered in whipped cream
In conclusion-Srila Prabhupada told us to prove that this Krsna Consciousness way of life is superior to all others-and here is one such way. As a side note, my brother who works at the EPA in Wash DC and just happens to live nearby a Hare Krsna temple there, has told me more than once when he jogs by, that it always looks to him like –those “devotees are having some kind of party”.
And that is a fact because as Srila Prabhupada told us, when you live in the “palace” —
you live like the King !!!
Hare Krsna
damaghosa das