Only by transcending the bodily concept and all limited identifications can one enter genuine Krishna consciousness.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture — November 15, 1968, Los Angeles 681115LE-LOS ANGELES [86:21 Minutes] Prabhupāda: [kīrtana] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much. [devotees offer obeisances] [15:14] Dayānanda: Prabhupāda? That was the realtor on the phone. He said he'll have the lease ready Monday.
Prabhupāda: Oh, that's all right. Baby: Jaya. [cries]
The first vibration is jaya. [laughs] [aside:] Your article is out. You have seen it?
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Prabhupāda: Yes. Very nice article you have... You are feeling all right?
Prabhupāda: Ānandamayo 'bhyāsāt [Vedānta-sūtra 1.1.12]. [By nature, the Supreme Lord is blissful.] This Kṛṣṇa consciousness is simply full of bliss. Nobody should become morose. If he's feeling morose, then it is lack of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the sign. brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām [Bg. 18.54] [And of all yogīs, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all.] Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a stage after liberation.
Brahma-bhūtaḥ. Brahma-bhūtaḥ means "I am now free from all material anxieties." That is called brahma-bhūtaḥ stage. Just like a person suffering prison life for years together, and if he is given freedom, "Now you are free," how much delight he'll feel: "Oh, now I am free." You see? So that is the stage of brahma-bhūtaḥ. Prasannātmā, joyful, immediately.