Krishna Consciousness reveals the eternal soul and its original relationship with the Supreme Lord through divine love.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Hansadutta: At the house of Dr. Chamanlal Bali and Vijayantimala. Active in Bombay, evening of the 19th of November 1970. [break] Prabhupāda: om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ [I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master who, with the torchlight of knowledge, has opened my eyes, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance.] śrī-caitanya-mano-'bhīṣṭaṁ sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale svayaṁ rūpam kadā mahyaṁ dadāti sva-padāntikam [Śrī Guru Praṇāma] [When will Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī Prabhupāda, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet?] vande 'haṁ śrī-guroḥ śrī-yuta-pada-kamalaṁśrī-gurun vaiṣṇavāṁś [ca] śrī-rūpaṁ sāgrajātaṁ saha-gaṇa-raghunāthānvitaṁ taṁ sa-jīvam sādvaitaṁ sāvadhūtaṁ parijana-sahitaṁ kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devaṁ śrī-rādhā-kṛṣṇa-pādān saha-gaṇa-lalitā-śrī-viśākhānvitāṁś[ca] [Maṅgalācaraṇa] [I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and of all the other preceptors on the path of devotional service. I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇavas and unto the six Gosvāmīs, including Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī and their associates. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Śrī Advaita Ācārya Prabhu, Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all His devotees, headed by Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. I then offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and all the gopīs, headed by Lalitā and Viśākhā.] he kṛṣṇa karuṇā-sindho dīna-bandho jagat-pate gopeśa gopikā-kānta rādhā-kānta namo 'stu te [Śrī Kṛṣṇa Praṇāma] [O my dear Kṛṣṇa, ocean of mercy, You are the friend of the distressed and the source of creation. You are the master of the cowherd men and the lover of the gopīs, especially Rādhārāṇī. I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.] tapta-kāñcana-gaurāṅgī rādhe vṛndāvaneśvari vṛṣabhānu-sute devi praṇamāmi hari-priye [Śrī Rādhā Praṇāma] [I offer my respects to Rādhārāṇī, whose bodily complexion is like molten gold and who is the Queen of Vṛndāvana. You are the daughter of King Vṛṣabhānu, and You are very dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa.] vāñchā-kalpa-tarubhyaś ca kṛpā-sindhubhya eva ca patitānāṁ pāvanebhyo vaiṣṇavebhyo namo namaḥ [Vaiṣṇava Praṇāma] [I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the Vaiṣṇava devotees of the Lord. They can fulfill the desires of everyone, just like desire trees, and they are full of compassion for the fallen souls.] śrī kṛṣṇa caitanya prabhu nityānanda śrī advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda [I offer my obeisances to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, Prabhu Nityānanda, Śrī Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and all others in the line of devotion.] hare kṛṣṇa, hare kṛṣṇa, kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa, hare hare hare rāma, hare rāma, rāma rāma, hare hare. [My dear Lord, and the spiritual energy of the Lord, kindly engage me in Your service. I am now embarrassed with this material service. Please engage me in Your service.] Dr. Bali and Śrīmate Vijantimalla, ladies and gentlemen. I am very much glad to meet you this evening and to explain to you the purpose of Krishna Consciousness Movement. This Krishna Consciousness Movement as you understand from the very words. Kṛṣṇa.
When I started this movement in USA many friends requested me to incorporate the association as, "God conscious." I denied, I said, "No." Kṛṣṇa consciousness. God consciousness is vague term. And Kṛṣṇa consciousness is directly to understand that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Absolute Truth appears in three features, brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate [SB 1.2.11] [Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman, Paramātmā or Bhagavān.] Brahma, impersonal Brahma is the realization at the first stage of knowledge, perfection of knowledge. Not perfection of knowledge, means liberation from ignorance and stepping on the platform of knowledge.
That is called Brahma realization. Ahaṁ brahmāsmi. And when one realises Brahma, then his material tribulations immediately stop. That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā: brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā na śocati na kāṅkṣati samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām [Bg 18.54] [One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed toward every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.] So one who is Brahma realized his symptoms should be that he has no more any hankering and no more any lamentation. Na śocati na kāṅkṣati. In this material world we are perturbed with two things.
We are desiring for things which we do not possess and we are lamenting for things which are lost. But these two things are the prominent features of material life. Sometimes gaining—sometimes losing. It is not fixed up.
If we think that now I have got permanent settlement, I have got so much bank balance and my position in the society is so nice, so everything is settled up. No. It is a tottering platform, any moment it can be finished. Another [indistinct], begins.
That is not only true for this life but it continuation of this life. Just like we have got in our front 8,400,000 species of life. What are these 800.. 8,400,000 species of life? They are different stages of our transmigration from one body to another. Just like even in this present life we are experiencing, transferring.., transforming or growing from one body to another.
Everyone is born a small child but that childhood body is changing to boyhood body or the boyhood body changes into youthhood body. Then old age, then body finished. So anyone, any sane man can understand that although the body is being changed. I am fixed subject.