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Other Boo by His Diine GraceA.C._ haktivedana Swmi Prahupd

The Bhavad-git As I Is

Srimad-Baaam 3 volumes)

Teachns of Lord Catanya

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The Neca of DotonK, th Rso f lasur

K[f Conscousnss: Topmost Yoga y

Eas Journ to Othe Plants

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The Consousnes Movemnt s the

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1 I Yoga and the Master of

Yga means the connecting link between thpes, or th Supree and the inute

d Ka is tat Suree, the PersonalitBeing, rfore, the ultiate object of _

.4v he aster of_AL th clusion of the B-" it

'lrc i a, and where thre is Arjuna, the gmn Le, doubed, is victoy.

Th - is a narrative spoken b o Mahrja Dhtara. This is jusfm t adio: t play is going on in th ayou can ar fro your roo. So, just as we nal arangnt, at that ie thre w although ther as no ahinurey D tarra could se what was b ad h was in the palac, telling th


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2 Kr Cncs: Tpms Y

Ts topmst oa system was described Git to His most itie riend, Arjuna In tLod said that tis system cn e practied who has develped attachment or it This

_a system nt be ractice by an on attacent r Kf{a, or it is a dirttopmst-b hak t_oga .

There are ive types o direct attachnseven types indirect attachment Indirect a

. Direct attachment is called . Ito K{a by the direct method, it is called dand i yu are attached to K{a by an indirnt detioal service But that is also attachmor exaple, wa the rnal uncle o Kf{a

wani tha a w be killed by one So he be vy anxis abut the sons o decded to kll his siste. Deva, Kf{a's mby her husband, Vasudeva, who made a proposed to his brother-inlaw as olows: "Y

th son o you sst. So you sst hese ou. He rquestd "Don't kl you and I oms ha al te sons bon o w, and yu o can kl em.


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You may want a as your lover, as youwnt Ka as your friend, you a want ayou y want a as the Supreme Sublid kinds of direct relationship with

dvotin, or ba. They enta no matera proThe cept of acceptng God as a son s :oncept f accepting od as a father There

T nship etween father and son is thaLO tk mething fro the father The fathe

h the s is that the father always wants too h s. Terefore, the relatinship with 01 than the reationship with

nks, " I ccept od as my father, then my o k o m ecessities from the ather But, of a, ten from the eginning of Hisbn i e to serve Him The father s t

o he ery eginnig of his irth; the) relationsi o Vasuea and Dea

's ser mother, Yaod, is thinking, Kw ousy, He wil die She orgets thur Lrd, tat He is sustining the thrfgc a ly oe ord is supplying the nLo g iies This same Persoality of G

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4 K! Cnscusness: e Tps Y

parent; Sudm is His love as a fiend; friend-there are ilions n billions of iirect devtees of Ka.

So te yoga systems s escibe ee lea

and bhaktiyoga can be practiced by personsoed attacment to Ka. Otes cannot panyne is ae to develop tat attacment, tebe tat e wil unerstand G, Ka, perfemay try to understand God by or ifferent t

ats, it is stil a difficut job. We y say tstd Gd, ut it is nt possible to undestabecause we ae imited senses, and He is ni

It is sad n te SrmadBhavatam tat operfet, a f tem. We cannot understand e

wrd perfecty. Yu ae seen s many pate sky at nigt, but you do not know wat not een knw wat te moon planet is, tougtrying fr so many yars t go tere in sptipaet, Eart! We do not know wat ariete

n ts paet! If you go to te sea, to te sti is mited. ur kowedge is, terefore, aOn tat we must agree. If we foolisy tinacqured al frms f knwledge and we

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Hrvic to the Supreme Lord then yo can begnYou se begns ith the tonge Ho?

01 con chan are Ka, and by te tongeKmw prasdam, srtual food o, t begI' it very . Yu ca hat Hae Ka, H !l re/ Hare Rma, Hare Rma, Rmlmu-d eever m s offered to yo ldnnss, u accept t The reslt ll be 0() bmv ad f ou beg ts servce

u lng pr:dm, Ka ll evea Himself befor

You n' derstand Ka by speclaton; Hil, lws yr eft. But pot:IHH of S ( : rvice , then t l b possbl-one

'VU Hmef t yo: "I am lke tis" Jstvtulig Arja. Aju s dotee, and 11d ho i ctt wt !a as a frend Trovng to im

' /Ja- as spok to Ajna, not

11 ps slto I te bgg( :lwpr, you wil ot that Kra says, "I am s tem ofyoga." It s stated, UntWil u lctriya, a fghter He was a hosehold


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6 Kra Consciousness: the Topmost Yog

or our time, because we are in full faith thSupreme Personality of Godhead. Theoreticallou should accept a as the Supreme Persohere is the revealed scripture. You will unde

Vedic literature, fro the great devotees in thpresent.

For the present, there is Lord Caitanya. Lorgreat authority. None is greater. He was ma athen, after Him, His six disciples, the gosvm

an immensely valuable literatureeseciall They have written volumes on a. o, undcession, we hae ome to hs ot; and tory, then go ak a long, long tie o ysadeto have wrten he Srimad-Bhgavatam and o

a. Srimad-Bgaatam is nothing but aa Vysa is also the writer of the Bhaa

was spoken y a and noted down y VyGit nto the Mahbhrta.

So Vysadeva accepts a as the Supe

Srimad-Bhgaatam he has gen he esfrent inanations; thee ae twent-fie of hconclusion, he says that he desitions thdiffeent inarntons ae all as o he e


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Yg nd the Mster Yg

iten by differnt men Smlarly, i England, Face ad i all other countries, you wll finditons o the Git So, who can be more famay other edences, f you believe in sta:

6,108 wves, ad He proded each one of tlace, and each one of tem had 10 chldren, aildren there were many other chidren born. idence of revealed Scrptures; and in the Bo, K!a s accepted as the Supreme Personai

is is a ery od book, supposed to have beUhm, the frst lvng being i the unverse

In tat Bahmaaht t s sad, iva pafva means God here are many gods It s e so many demgods, and there is the Sup

/Jahmaaht says, iva paama ra-of ods lva pama Kra, and then:vaha-and His bod s etera, and fu of bdge And ext: a-He has no beginningeinnng of eeryone A d gova. G

o means cow, and go eans ad. So He s tal ad, He is te ropretor o all cos, d seses.

We are after sense easue, but our erfct


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8 K Concoun: Top Yo

Kra as the Supeme Pesonality of Godhespeeches that ae deliveed by Kra in the Bca udestand God. Thee is o difficulty.

And, if you believe Kra, then the eslt

can ndestand God-how He is woking, howacting, how He is manifesting, what is thi mais the spiital wold, what ae the ling cthei elationship-so man things ae to bliteatue.

The whole Vedic liteatue deals with theis ou elatioship with God; then, next, afteyou elatioship with God, you can at in tman o woman may not be elated, b as sooship is established that oe is husband and

the the dealigs beg.Once they undestand thei elationshi geneally believe that God is the fathe, and is to ask Fathe o hatee he needs. But thelationsi. I you undestand God pefect

intimate elationshis also. You intimate eeealed whe you ae efecly libeatedliving ceatue has a atiula elationship whae o no fogote. When that elatio

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2 I The Goal of Yga

In the Bhagavad-, the Saskrit word md. This word meas "uto me. Ka, the Sut of Godhead says "uto Me-a. We c i a differet way. Whe say, "Brig me a il as that am the perso i wat of the gasif you sppy to me ad ot to others, the ita says, "uo Me, that meas Ka Bt p

HliU trreig-the sa "uto somethig escay this is wrog.

Oe who has deveoed attachmet to Kcos. They say if you have attachmet for ys hik of her. That is over cosciouses

I L stated hat a woma who has aother obad shows hersef very attetive to her ho is aways thikig, "Whe sh my over aht? This is a exampe: t is ossibe i s


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people should be trained as brhm;ws, mThose who are intellient enouh in th spicked and trained in hiher philosophical scwho are less intelint than the brhmaas

militar trainin We require everythin in militar men. How can everyone be a ilitathey are sendin ds, ordinary workers, tare unnecessarily bein killed. Any contry wof scientific advancement, and yet does n

oranize its society, is a fool's society.In the Bhgvd-it K9a says that thereof societ, brhm, ktry, aya and ura Some are iclined toard spiritua advaare the brhmaas. Now we are trainig boys w

inclined, and the are unecessarily beig foservice The fooish have no knowedge that trained up in hiher science. Why shoud he bhe is bein perfected? Te intelectua personhave rahminica qualifications, are being res

ac tudet lie: tey do't take to meattake art i intoxication, they don't take tey don't take ar i illicit sex They arecomplee rhmaa, te ighest itellectuals


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T G Yg

S11pose there is a bdy withut a hea-it is aI i oy is nw intact, but there is n hea, it i y. The ea s nsiere t be te intelletbd imilarly, i there s n m in te by I there is n sita m in e a iety.

efe K)a says, "I have e te it, accring t quality an wk. If smeIH m-m a as aqu 1sanng Ka, te ueme L, n

lle r amy acin? The arm f the by Of se tat is requie; t rtet the un: iety, a militay aangement sul be save But nt e mS It is bere the wrk cart. A ae se i e

:t use. Te te beast f enasxe equie ullig a

a his anlevee a ea te there are n siiual esns )a cnrasc ciety, because it as n ea. Where terun, there is a ea by An i thee is n bra if h brain is nt wring ely then h he s n ea at all, ten e i a ea man

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He is one of the chief secetaies of the govsuch a fool. He is taking this movement asment, just as we have so any sentimental is not sentimental. This is the necessi of

en should be Kra conscious Othidoomed; it is going to helL And, en suchhead of the govenent, how can thee be peexpect peace in a dog's society? The dogs ae-"Woof! Woof! Woof!-as soon as the seeou mean to sa thee ill be peace if ou tinto dog societ, into cat socie, ino tigeis ve poweful he can kill man ohe animmean he is a ve ipotant anmal? No, societ. And no e ae e poeful, aweapons to fight ith, and we can ill manyae no qualifications fo good men o a good

We ae not meant to manufactue a societiges o asses-o ascals ho ok e hasa a society of asses ill deive any bnefit

Fo thse ho have develope an atactachment can be developed. Befoe m cothee was no oveent like this Kra conscit i d l i t b i


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l y Krwa is Indian o Kr)a is oshiped by tI efoe He is one of the Hindu Gods; and ta is saying, "Yes, I am the Hndu Go. Yes,But e is lie the sun. Why Amean sn o IniH eian o dian; that is a atifa.

Ts pan beongs to e mans, ta acmnsm. Ts pesent ommnsm eans say that Rssa s o te Rsas Cese. Why not fo otes? Js tn n temnsm! Wy human ommunsm? Lvn ! I yo ae 't as e I a efetve. It beon eveo! I mnty; t bengs t t bea ommty. 1 to ve. Why o t es e bus to e satos nj ga jste b ose g js sosnes. We o not kno tat a he and hat e ae a s sons. Te ee s n s my bothe, he b s m e. e Ahe, the Inan s my bte, e Chnse eefoe e hae o deveo a onsse nonsense of nesa boheo an Unnsense. Ethe you anoege e Fae,

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Kra? They ae doing it, and it ca be dnelv fo nyting if yo ty fo it. Bt ve nata. Because a is not a thig ba type f eigio o set. a cais oe." Theefoe oignay, we ae a conne

but we ae imly fgotten. This poesevoke yo eembance of a. It i inducting oming atificiay into yo. Noconected with yo, bt yo have fogotten. to gve yo the poce fo viig yo oi

So o can come to o tempe; that is the bee a o a 's devotees, and yo ca c

a i not diffeent fom i ame beHe is nodiffeent fm His wd. The nampen ae not diffeent. Becae vey

Onenes, he phiosopy of mim paft Wh tha ess come i detdpefection. f a is the Seme Abote eeything is emaatig, the eeythig is have a od mine ad ae pepaing o many g

amets and many othe thigs. Bt they athe oia i go. So yo may ame it hae to add gd"-gode eaig. o maac" t it i god, ecase oiga it cam


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1:ature." K is everywhere in His imperson He is person. The myvd philosopherKra s becme everhing, hen where is heKr!la here, pr? This is complee rscldomking in meril w. There is no spiril k

I he meri w, sppose yo ke piecelar ino pricles nd row l over Te no exisence This is meril. B w ge infoI he Vd h e Absole rh is so perfec hy he whole, sill he whole remns. One min The meril wy of hnking is one minzeo; b spirilly i is no ike h Spiri eqls one, nd one pls one eqls one lso

K is everhing. The myvdn, he impur Deiies here nd s O, ey ve inslledms, nd hey re worshiping hem s God" ows K! science ndersnds h ! is eLerefore cn per in everyhing. Wih lecriciis everywere long e line, so wherever yo el i. Similrly h K crren in His impe

erywhere nd i is he echnicin who knows horce. eore we hve phone inslled we hvnversion nd e simpl infm he person, bl mey h he shld come immdiely


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saying tht this is the topmost yoga ystem, thtime it is vey simple. You don't have to exeove a peiod of weeks befoe you feel somKra consciousness you wont feel tied. Allae simply anxious to be oveloaded with wo

sciousness. "Pabhupda, what ca I do? Anddoing t In te mteial wold, f you okyou'l feel weak.

Of ouse, I am not execising myself I amseventy-two yeas. I as ill, I wet back t I

to wok Actually, I coul ete fom all hea fa as I can, I want to wok; I want to leaAt nght I will wok with the dictaphoe, ancannot wok This s ra consciousness. Oanxious to wok. It is not an idle society No, w

engagements: editing papes, selling papes.Simply find out how Kr!a conscious you

want to be eally at peace, if you want to evelop Kra consciousness. And the begnnattachment fo Kra. The pocess which we h

chanting and dancing befoe the Deities, and ospiitual food. his will make you moe ra

The yoga system as it is descbed n the


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I I he yoga system. This is not standard. You c it is not the standard yoga system.e yoga system is especially difficult fr

.rimad-Bhgavata we understand that yoga

trate one's attention on the Superself, Viu your heart. And, in order to concentrate y have to contro the senses. The seses ar infuriated horses. If you cannot control theiage, it will be dangerous. Just imaine that

carriage and your horses are so furiousggng ou to hell. hen what is your posite means to control these senses The sensee to serpents: The serpent does ot know d ho is its eemy It bites anyone And,

(nt bites, the esult is death Similarly, if thss ok in thei ow ay, the you sou in a dangerous position.

t has bee said that when oe becomes tes is temper, he loses hs idetity, he fogated by the senses, a an wil attack even hi daughte Theefore, for those who are advannot ony for them but fo everyone-the si tat you should ot sit i a scuded lac

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and be situated in the spirital body. Tis ee he soul s fee srtuall, bt it hab ts aal atosere An he bod

A uman beng s ft to inquire a to whet

o omethng els h can be undestood vet bod, because at th tme of death thetou veone cres, "Oh, the poor man ing te W do ou say he is gone? Hetat te, we can coe to ou senses: th

ma he eal an s gone The chldhood outful bo, an the cldood bodwn t bohood bod is gone, ou'll havk , ol man' bod The body a aft a, but at eve second th bod

ou a ate the h s ve smle tbcau h boy s t, w ae suffegto g out of uffng, n an fed of actofl, n otcal feld, o n field ofnatonal, vyon s tn to get ot of m

ot acv E natonall o socalcollctel, a all ufferng and ths t bo

Yoga ans to nque What am I? If I


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:rushing? It de to the boy. The ol cano brshe. Bt yo ae alway afaid.

he o i ve-exitng, and te oy l ae yo ae exiting and e ol a cng body, theefe yo ff

e oblem, ten, i how to get o, j a t of a feve. The eveed codtio o o. Pemanent ie i enoyment, bt de o ot enoy ie. When yo ae ick yo cannoe to et and take o many medicine and fo' want that"hy hd I b a ck eo?aed. Simiay, we hold alway know ditiona age o the e o i a dead cone o doe not know that he ffeg f1 ol. H i Foo Nmbe One.

he sitr ay, evyoe i bo a oo becady, theeoe e wa bo a foo. o beg, eit Idia, cat o dog, i fee om ti. Yo hseae, tat' al. I yo feel, "I am a mecd of dieae; i yo eel, "I am a Idia, eae; i yo eel, "I am a cat, that i a dieae cat, yo ae ot a dog, yo ae o Iia, yo ae ot back. Yo ae yo oa i y d h d t d t d thi t t t


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The Bhagavad-g't says that ust as our changed, so this body is changed. Yoga mgetting out of this material embodiment. atn chaes of dress, so ou are reatiad ths s the case of your msris. If ou

his, al our actvts ed deat.oga means to get ou of th mdime

know onesef. This bod is born of the ure sou, you are aso the source of its birtbirh beginning historicay from a certain d

certain day. No; the sou is not ike that-iand it has o end. But in the Bhagavadgtsou is art and arce of God. God is etejoy and bliss. The ostion o the Absouthead, is that He is f of biss, etea, and

nd, becase w ae aso art and are ohave artia blissfuness a eeait, d lede, accordin to o ies ize.

Te a es ae est e o a iin ete, e ae

How? Tey are misi tei iteee banima roenstes. Tese aim eseeing, matin and eai. Yo ca anmoder iiizatin: eeyne is s t 1


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Go of Yogel omsf wherever yu drp the bb, it will hur. radiatin S thi i nt the ltin f 'lw tion of your problems is to get ot of the1,J M life That i called g-t ink u"pe

re i a Supee hi aterial cratin i \01 hink there i a riend behind it Te k iw dtuff i bein prduced, te n i e, the un i riin in due cure, upplin :;, upplin heat t the panetar te

Ied ver nce and et the l a ther:hd t, but it i all appein autaticall

e act i that tere i Gd, Ka ad a

p Ka We ae bee cnditi i r in t ateial at But a

l'm lie, ad e ae t et ut t e lt etti ut i nt pible Yu cat et 1 ent the aterial bd unle u eveliue K!a iu i nt atiiialI h. i inainal ie u i t a i i te att eit uaiu G iue i t iti id t i a krtana pace, tct a i t n e bei?


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By the grace of Ka, I am able to servenerg. I left the United Sates in 1967 i and death-everything-depends on Kago back to Vndvana, because Vndvana

whee K!a consciouness is vey tongmight go thee and de n K!a conscouyou ae always in the atmospee of K!ahee also you can hve vndvana. vndvalace that is caled Vndvana. K!a say

lve n the Kngdom of Go, Vakuha; nthe heat of the _ogn." Th _ogn wantK!a s wthn the heat. But K!a saysabode n the siritual sk, nor am I n the Then whee are You? K!a says, I st

devotees are chantng My glores. hat is So, f that is Vndvana, ten am therence Wheee thee s eectric lght, theratually unestood Smaly, wheeve sciousnes, it is Vndvaa. We can crete

mecy of Ka, if we cnt Hare Ka.conscousness; try to understand the phiosa science, not a bluff. We can spea from an

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qualifications. The speculators who are not recovered in deusion and are simply wasting teirthey may do n their ofca cass, they reman trascals. But our Ka consious students wil f

their lves, a change n happness, and a changeThis s reality.I shall request you, my ear young gis and

a consciousness very seriously, and you wyour ife wll be pefected. It wll be te subli

your life. It is not a bluff. We have not come some money. M9ney is suppied by Ka. I am forth to Ina-not ony I, ut my students as man tere would be many xpendtures; t whousand oas for such trips. But our busn

He wi suppy. I do not know were the monebut Ka supplies. In Ka conscousness, youYou are the youn generaton; you are the country and society. Pactce this most sublimeconsciousness. Be appy and make others ap

real mission of lfe.


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3 I Our Real Life

The Bhagavad-gz says that out of mahuma beigs, one may try to make perfectiis a aimal, but he has one special prethought What is that ratioal thought? Reasomet Now, reasoig ower is there in dogsSuose a dog comes u to you; if you understad The dog will undestand that oo, he has some reasoig ower But whreasoig ower of the huma beig?

As far as he bodil ecessities are concerower is there ee i he aimal If a cat wmilk fom ou kitche, she has er ice she is alwas lookig o see whe the master take So, fo the four roesities f asleepig, matig and defedig-thee is reasi he beasts The, wha is the special easoh b i b hi h h i ll d h i


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Or Real Life

Generaly, the people are just like animas Tnot know anyting beyon te necessities of teea, hw to seep, ow o mae and ow dBhagavad-it says, out of many tousands, sevelop this reasoning pwer: "Why am I sufferthis question: "Wy am I suffering? We do not wbut suffering is force upon us We o not want tbut too much col an too muc eat are forced

When there is some impeus t awaken this reait is cale brahmajns This is foun in the

The first erse says tha now, s human form or asking the question of how to solve the prfering

So Ka says that this special prerogative being is not awakene very easiy, except by so

ciation. Just as e ave tis Ka conscious assoattain such asociation, where nice things are that awakening of reason, that specia prerogativebeing, wil come s long as this queston oes non, he shoul unerstan that whatever activit

l lea o his efeat He is simpy leaing an annot hen these questons arise: Why am !suffer m I meant for sufering m I mean for tro

I am unergoing troubles by nature's laws an


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millions of suc psons on p of pmy undsnd . So undsnding s Bu i s so ss. I is n sti i s sis I s sis if oscibd os

Lod Ciny Mpbu s inoducdH r. H s no xcly inoucscipus Bu H s spcilly popgdis g is is sis od of slf-c H I cn b don by vyoo, I s on Idn M sdcns, nd kg i ccning nd dncing T ns , n plc, s cn b fod Tfo i i's o dsd loso of Bhis so no vy diffic; bu sill, if you inkundsnd, o cn sill cn v sily:

f w wn o undsnd God, r, i sis bnningsiply cning. Nowsudns of y ISCON insiuion is insli ov y; bu so of sudcing, by c of r, v dvnc lk b i f G


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touch is soft. And then again, from water t fAfter fire or electricity the air is stil finer; andsky, ether, is finer stil. Beynd ether, he minan byond the mind, inteligenceis si finer. Abeyond intelligence to undersand the su, iFrom these elements people have discvered s mThee are many scientists, for exampe, wh arthey can say, by analyzing a particar type f eaof merals are there. Smebody seeks t silvseeks ot god, smebdy seeks ot mica. This isoss things-the earh. If yo g to er sbstanstdy water, or liqi things, sch as petrol anl ner, and rom water yo ll go to fire andyo stdy electricity, yo hae to stdy al sond, from this finer fire, yo wil come to aimch advancement in or airplanes; we are stdymove, how they are made-nw sptniks and tngs are being discovered.

Net comes the stdy of the etherel: eectrtransformations from one thing to anothe. Thenth mind-psycholoy and psychiatry. B foationalis, there is only a ittle philosophical spehat abot the sol? Is here any scienc of t


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this child will be grown up, like you or mewll coue So by ielligence, you calog e b s cnged, the soul is thwc was exsting in he bod o the chiln the bod o the old ma. Teeoe the d onl the body hs 'chnged. This is destnd Ad he lst chnge o ths beey moment evey second ee evs chgig so he ls cge s whe one cbod nd so he hs o e ote oneclo s to wo ou o cnnot put t ew clo t is sml the soul. Whold o unwokble, he o chnge to nclled deh

Ths s he begiig o he Bhagava-gmin kowledge o he sol s hee nhee e ol ew who c ndesnd tsl s pemen nd the body s chhgvn Lod K, ss tht, out o mo people, one m undersnd it ut stilthere. ou wnt o nderstnd it, it is nounderstnd i

Now, we sod inquire into the existeni i l b i


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Our Re Life

;ol from this fase identification-thinking hat I aha athogh I am seeing evey day, at evy momen.ol tis matte So is pemaneny exisig, w cangig This misconceptin, his isi, is

t fase ego And yo ibeation eans hen y to fase ego What is that stats? Aha b'rahs; at I am spirit Tha is he beginning o ibei f cose, one may be sfeing o diseah and the tepeate may coe down to noamy So he is no noma, bt tha is no he ce Ske days e has a 8.6 degee empeate, b withoo of diet, a sight hange o behavio, the empe

mediaey to 100 Reapse Simiay, simymid, ejectig this ase aanka identiicattis body, I am not tis mae I am sohis isIt is ony the beginning o ibeaion I yo sicand contines as yo iht conine y

keep yo tempeate a 8.6 degees-hen yoman

F exampe, in he Wes now hee is some taking itoxiatio The epe wat to oexisee Bt ow g wi yo ge? Teapse Yo ca oge e h w, by inhi k I hi b d


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30 Kf Coscousss: Topos Y

trying to g to the on, but they simply p fro the Earth, touch the mon, and reuprod Tere is so uch talk f aeronaueetngs an cnferences. But what hae te

24, iles in that ast sky? If o gostill you are liited. S this will not do. If yyou ust hae peranent shelter. If ou cathen u cannt fall dow. But if yu haewll ae to fall own. Te arpane goes

eght iles up fro te Eart, bt it cmes dS, siply nerstang ahankara meauerstadig he false ietificaio Simthat I am t matt, I am soul, is ot peesnalst, te oid phiosopher, siply tink

tat I a not this atter, I a nt ths bosta Yo ae to not ony realize that you ayu ae t engage yurelf n he spiritaspirital world means to be wrking in KThat spiritual word, that uctiig ou

coscOusessFalse eg I hae already explaied It is spiit, bt the jucti-whe the spiit soutact it atter an forgets himself It is us


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Ou Rea Life

heigt of conscious development, e uliiing entiies now eong troug cycleaterial naure.


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4 I The Hare Krsna Mat

The transcendental vibration established byHARE KA, HARE KA, KA HARE/ HARE RMA, HAR RMA, RMAHARE is the sublime method or revivin ouconsciousness. As livin spiritual souls, we K)a cnscious entities, but due to our associarom time immemorial, our consciusess is

by the material atmosphere. The material atmowe are now livin, is called m, or ilusion.which is not. And what is this illusion? The iare all tryin to be lords o material nature, ware under the rip o her strinent laws. When

cially tries to imitate the all-eru astersi We are tryin to exloit the resources but atuall e ae bei moe and more


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The Hare Ka Mantra

Ka consciousness is not an artifical impmind. This conscousness is the original naturaiving entity. When we hear the transcendentaconscousness is revived. This smplest method o

recommended for this age. By practical expercan perceive that by chanting this mim

f 1 Chantng for Deliverance, one can at once feel aecstasy coming through from the spiritual stra

terial cocet of life we are busy in the matter

cato as if e ere i the lower amal stage Afrom this status of sese gratifcatio, oe is eseculaton for the urose of gettig ou ocutches A little elevated from this seculaioe is telliget eough, oe tries to fnd ocause of all causes-wth ad thout And tuall o the lae of sritual uderstadgstages of sense, md ad itelligece, he is tscedetal lae Ths chantig of the Hare

eacted from the siritual latform, ad thus ttion surasses a lower strata of coscousness-metal ad itelectal There is o eed, therstand the laage of the m, nor s ther


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34 Cosciousss: Topos Yo

6) fading of he body, 7) crying in ecsay, ahere is no doub ha chaning for a whilediaely o' e spiriual plafor, and one shoom of his in he urge o dance along wih h

manta. We have seen his pracically. Evenpr in he chaning and dancing. Of corse, fenangled in maerial life, i kes a lile morhe sandard poin, bu even such a maerials raised o he spiriual plaform very qu

chaned by a pure devoee of he Lord ingreaes efficacy on hearers, and as such hibe heard from he lips of a pure devoee ofimediae effecs can be achieved. As far as from he lips of nondevoees should be avoidby he lips of a serpen has poisonous effecs.

The word Har is he form of addressing Lord, and he ords K'a ad Rma are fohe Lord Himself. Boh K'a and Rma m

lesure ad Hr s he sureme leasure enhned o e (ah-y he ocie. Tsure energy of he Lord helps us o reach he

The maerial energy called my also


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The Hare Ka Manta

the conditione sou This chanting is exactly lcry of a chi for its mothe's pesence. Motherevotee achieve he Lor Fathe's gace, a timslf to the evotee who cants his m s

No other meas of spiital realizatio is as e age of quarrel a hypocrisy as the mmHare Ka Ka Ka Hare Hare/ Hare Rma Rma Hare Hare


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5 I How Bhakti-yoga Wo

In the Bhagavad-giU K91a tells His disciisclosig a ost cofietial part of knowause ou are M ear frien. As is statChater, the Bhagavadgit i spoken to Arjoe qulificatio: he was a evotee The Lmstery of the Bhagavadgit is very cobeing an unalloye evotee you cannot knoware 645 iferent commetaries on the .Gihas ropose that K91a is a octor a Arja has ae his coentar i that way Scommentators an people who have take iperfect, an that they can interpret scriptureAs far as we are cocere, we agree to reaccorig to the instructios given i the Gto be taken through th prmpar, te ssuccession t is eig taught by th Supemyou are y ear frien ese t y


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How Bhakti-yoga Works

ed n e Fu Cpe. T , cmn dn n dcplc uccen: "I f f yog em e un Vvvn, Mnu, u Ivu. Fm Kuccen cmn dn, bu "n ce f m

uccen ben. Ajun 2efe mdcple. In e Secnd Cpe, jun ueneve been n fend, bu n I cceppul me. nne flln e pncpccep e guru , nd e uden m

jun. K pen e pul mnd jun , "eve u e n I le n: "I le , I ccep ; nd I ejec . Suc edn uele nnen

Te ece mu be epeenve f K

nd e uden mu be le jun. Ten cune ud pefec Oee In e Srimd-Bhavtm ed: "If nndend e cence f K, e uld ue deee. e dcun e pce m

ee, e pec f pul lnue evelecun f e Gta fule. In e UpnT ne fm f n Gd d ml

f d


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38 Kra Consciousness: the Topmost Y

stage is the pocess of Kr!a consciousness. eveyone's ea, and as you become uiyou he at And in e end you will quit will go o the siiual sky.

"No one knows Me, Ka says, My inand my exent Even te maharis [the eknow I am the oigin o all demigods andnis." Tee ae so many oeathes we dohee ae Bahm ad te deigods-wht can' each o e lto hee w can ga

knowledge y limied seses, and Kra can'tind, te cente of the senses. Imefect peect knowledge Mind and sense maniuHim. I you engage he senses in the sevic ee, the He ill eeal Hisef hough you

People ay say, "hat is the use of unWhat is he use? e Him stay in His place, place Bu in the stras; the siues, it iacivties will aise us to euty, knowledgand tha y imious (sinul) ativiies, we salways tee, ious o imious, u a distinwo knows God, oweve, eomes eed sinul eactios, wih no amoun iey

d


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How Bhakti-yoga Works

everything, of every conception, "I am the sourJ lute uth may be ealzed in thee hases, buu tuth. Brhman (the glowing eulgene), localand Bhagavn- Supreme Personare thr

rl aspects of God.I no one knows the Supreme Personalty o

can He be known? He can be known when thecomes before you and reveals Himself to youknow. Our senses are imperfect, and they canSureme Truth When you adopt a submissivchant, realization begns fom the ongue. To easoud s the business of the tongue. If you catongue or prasdam, spirtual food, and make tto o the holy ae, he by suede o an contol all the othe seses I you canotongue, you cannot corol your seses. astebecoe spiritually advanced You can have this

SL1 home: offer vegetarian foods to Ka, chan {l mantra and offer obeisanes:namo bhmaTyadevya

gobrhmaTahitya cajagathitqa k[Tya


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40 Kr!a Consciousness: the Topmot Yo

take to Kra. No on can know God, but tthe poce of Kr!a conciousness.

In the Srimad-Bhgavatam it is stated thatqe Hm o appoach Hi, but He becomes cLt people emai in thei own positons, but

oene pecuation though voums of boobook ae te an ea, and afte ix monh a an that-how can ou know the Suato on the fomato ppie b ou bup eeach-tho t aajt becom sub

led a o a mite an boinate toa o o o one can be equa to o geatebme to hea abot t goies of tfom atoz oce Such athoit is dicpc cceion If ca ndestand b

to a Aja, ta ea athoit God ieeal; jt ecome Ka conscious. tavee b the geat cryas, the dvoted teeeh will b known.thoh He i ununknowae, He can be known in you home.

If o take to thi pocss and foow thewi be th eut soon as ou ndestantat the Speme Lod i te cause of a caus

t b th d i t

H Bh kti W k


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How Bhkti-yog Work

The process is tere, but if we waste time we wil never see Him, the unconqurable Loprinciples and slowly but surl, witout doubt"Yes, ' making progrss, you'll say. And it iyou can xecute it and b in a appy mood S

f 1l wit music, at psdam. And no on can cprocss. But if ou ant to catd-go to t

ry to undrstand t fro t autoritati sit in your lif Aongst t ng mortals ou ost ntlignt bcaus yu ar frd from s

ac n f Ka n ou a fd froYou ill a no anxit or wat is ausiccous caus ou ll tuc t s s t css Utatl can t n Lf ill succssful Ann can adot

siml.Hr s a nic forula rsnt

sold unrstand t ostn of a itout an caus W a nc a born and a a caus; u at s u ca

poss islf as God as t a uncausd. Our practcal xrnc s tat is ot born W a to unstand s nt b fi l d


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42 Kra Conscousness: the Topmost

disillusioned gets fee of all encumbeacdom fm all bonds, then we have to undeno neglecting this; it is ou pime duty.

Out of millions of entities, one may be ally we ae all bn fools. As soon as I takeby aents and educated to falsely claim National education means to make you mofoolish? I am changing my body like a deshave so many minds, so many desses-whone? Why don't you undestand: "This dmoment I may e in anothe. ou ae inYou cannot say what dess you will haeAmeican. No; mateial natue contols. I-hee, take a dog's dess. If you lie a good.

ut of many fools someone ties to actually am. Dg? Ameican? Russian? hon. If you inquie, you have to ask someself. When cossing the steet in a lace yohave to ask the policeman sme gentleyou have to go to an authoity also. What iHe is a esn convesant with he science nobody inquie; but. if a man does, he can

How Bhk-yog Works


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"

H w y g W

I will ve you freedom from all reactions" Don'He can give you shelter; He has al power If gipromise, because I have no such power promse

If ou associate yourself with Ka conscious

mat relationship with Ka wil be eed Yotionship ith Him There is o questio o isbsimply foolishness The dormant relationship want to serve Ka, but simpy by the spel thnk we have no connection ih Ka We go

idepndent" nonsense, and we are always anxiassociate with these dormat feelings for Kawill become engaged in a consciousness

God is unborn indicates that He is differaterial world We hae no such experiece o

hs city was born-history is filed wih dates Showever, is unborn, ad at once we can see te dmateral nature is born You have to understanbor hen He is spiritual, not like one of ussome extraordinary person who was also bor

orn So how can I decide e is an ordinary who are fools and rascals think of Me as an oKa says n the Gita. He is different from eveworld He s nad, without cause

44 Kfla Cnscisness: the Tpms Y


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44 Kfla Cnscisness: the Tpms Y

pansion of the faer, but e cannt clim ttat would be nonsense.Because K)a s declaring Hmelf supre

s terefore different fro anyting If I amNew York State, a sti not New ork S

tere is duaity No one can say we are coGod.

Wen you can understand K)a 's and yoa nice analytical way, ten at once y ful ractions. T process i elp y. C

cleane your mnd, and you will recve o be qualfied. If you cant and a fwl approac God All tns wll luinated.


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6 I Sources of Asolute Kno

We require to hear abot the method of Srzmad-Bhgavatam, the most elevated text on tGod consciousness, the mtred nd ipened fro Vedic wisdom. The Snskit wod rasa mens jthe uice of an oange o mngo. And the SrmadBhigavatam reqests th you kindly trya or uice, of the frit of the Bhgavata. hI taste the uice of the frit of the Bhgavata?the ripened frit of the edic desie tee. As whatever you wnt you cn hve fom the Veasknowledge; it is s complete tht whethe yo win this materil world or yo wnt to enjoy spiritinds of knowledge re thee. If you fllow thcipes, the you will be hy. Ths s lke the state If the citizens obey, then they will be hapbe no minal trespassing, nd they wil enjoy l



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b d l. ld , fd-w f Vedas f l , x lfl l b d b If fllw

, wll w l l ll v x f I k bdl f l; ll, l d dd.

l B Veas b w, wl b l, l l wll b f f l .

lf

dd w j B r, Ld, v fw j, w , dd lf-l f f lf f

dd f l xBrahman. Ow, f I d k f l lv v x lf wl b

Sources of Absolute Knowledge


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e te w e ge

of undersanding Ka, afer many, many bBhgavatam is called he essence of life, he riphe Vedas, because he Bhgavatam gives you dneede i your lfe

The Vedas are divided ino four: Sma eda

and Yajus. Then hese are explained by he Purhere are eigheen Then hese are sill furherhe Upaniads of which here are 108. Thesummarized in he Vednta-stra, and he Vednagain explained by he rmad-Bhgavatam, by h

This is he process. So he Bhgavatam s he Vedic knowledge.N aimiraya is a very famous and sacred for

India, where all he is, he sages, generally gspiriual advancemen of life. This rmadBh

rs discussed in his age in ha ores When i he grea sain Sa Gosvm was asked by is aha Ka has gone back o His abode, wih whodenal knowledge now resing? This quesion wBhagavad-gt was spoken by Ka Himself, and

descripions of jnayoga, karmayoga, dhybhakti-yoga. Now his inquiry was made Wherspiriual knowledge, now ha Ka is one Thha Ka haing depared has lef us he rma

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paot. The paots body is geen, and hs specific qualificaion of the paot is that whcan imitate. That paot bd s touching the natually, if the fuit is ipened on the tee,tasteful. Aain, if the fuit is tasted by the p

still moe tasteul. That is natue's way. So, hthis Sr"mad-Bgavatam is just like the ipenknowledge, and t the same time t s toucGosv1, Sta s spitual maste. SukSanskit.

Thi Sr"mad-Bgavatam as fist explainGosv, though the autho is his fathe, was only sixteen eas old when he was taughtand he was illuminated He was alead impesonal concept o the Absolute, but a

igavatam fom his fathe, he became apastimes of Kra, and he became a peache ofFist he explained it befoe Mahja Pai shot hstoy of Mahja Pait is that heking, but unfotunately by some of his acts

a brima'a boy to die wthin seven das. Ibim'a sould cuse someone it would comthe poe to cuse o give beneiction.

S P it d t d th t ithi k

Surces f Abslute Knwld


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practice jfna, the cultivation of knowledge; eent oinios. But a tha im Skdv Goth est, and athh kadv ws y sxlearned and epued that all the od sags, Vsadeva stood up to show him spt. H

So when he appeaed it was agd, "HGov. Let hi ecide what t . W epresentatv.

ukadeva G was ths ahoizd towas asked, hat is my duty? m vy f

have cm i hs ens h. Kdy duty

ukadeva Gov said All ight shathe Srimad-Bhgavatam." Then vy sn

As the Bhgavatam was rst sk by k

it is theefoe entioned tha s h tit ad it becoes ve st, s this Smbecause it was ched st by Skdv Gm sti m se.

The idea is that any Vi l

Bgavatam o the Git, shod b d ealized soul. Especialy this lite, whh iser, shd t b hd m sdvote This pint I have sevea tims sssd

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we should not hear of the Supreme Lord fopurfed.One may ask, "How can you taint the

which are naturally transcendentally pure? Wwe her from the nondevotee? This quesi

The example gven here is that milk is very nbut as soon as it s touched by a sepent iimediately The serpent is very envious. Hedeath imediately unnecessarily and therethe cruelest animal amongst the liing ni

nonvolence is recommended, as in every serpent and the scorpon are allowed to be ksay tht milk s so nutritious, and we can dharm if it is tuched by serpents? Nohe reOne shuld not hear at least the Bhaga

Simdhaaam from those who are noLrd, who have no realization of God and wHim. Their touch renders it poison The woralways suble, but as soon as hey are ouchof a nondevotee one should be very caeful a

In the Baaam, t is indicated that as touched it, it became delcious. This is the disit is the ripened frut of Vedic knowedgetie it has been touched by ukadev Gsv


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Glossary

Ahanka-fe eg, te jucti pit t fe dete ef e mte b

a Bras-(it-"I m t ti bd;

Spitu ezt f te quttve fitem ddu wt te ite

Bakyoadiec ttcmet t Kra.Bhaaryatude ife f ceibc d

ude ptu mteBrhas-te ie e p

we f Braa (piit.Kaya-e tied d tu qufed f

ptet te wme, de, ede

rhasMaha-e f devee, t

aaMy-(L-"t w t t t

e ded u e ej t

Ms-mei ppe w be u; te beeve i te imped, but te d t ecgze te u


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Aunavictory for, 1qualications of, 53637

Bhagavad-itmethod of undertanding, 36-37as soud incarnaton of Ka,47

Bhaktyogaas topmost oga, 2defined, 23

Bodymaterial, distinguised romsoul, 1819

Brhmasaht, 78Caste System, 9Communism, 3Discilic uccession (Parmpar),

3637

Eo, False Ahankara),2830

Enjoyment, regulated, 4546God

relationship with, 248three features of, 3839

Hare a Mamatra, 5 26

30 3244Identity, temorary and eternal,18202830

Illuion (My), 32412

of Godhead, 58universalty of, 12meanng of name,

Liberati, 2930Lfe, real mission o,Monism, imerectoParit Mahrja, reSrmadBhgavatam

Prasdam (Srtu 3941

Reasoning Pwer, 2Senses

limtaons ,

creator o, 7cntrol f, 1617revelation o od 39

SrimadBhavatam

on goal ofyoga,

method of relishnliterary incarationhistory of, 489

Surender, 0Vedas

three subjects , 8rose o, 56essence o,

Vedasrah

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