Forgetting Krishna is material illusion; remembering Him restores our eternal position as His loving servants.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Pandal Lecture — March 19, 1972, Bombay 720319LE-BOMBAY [49:20 Minutes] Lecture_720319LE-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: Now when I was coming on the dais, one gentleman remarked that "Your this movement will help forgetful Indians who are trying to forget God.'' Not only in India; throughout the whole world they are trying to forget God. And this forgetfulness of our relationship with God is material condition. Material life and spiritual life, the difference is that when we forget God, that is material. And when we are fully conscious of God, that is spiritual life.
[aside:] Why they are allowed to sit here? [indistinct] Śyāmasundara: All the children should leave? Should I ask? All the children should leave?
Prabhupāda: Not leave; just keep them quiet. Śyāmasundara: Would all the children kindly be very quiet during tonight's lecture, please? Can your parents have their children here, kindly keep them quiet so that Śrīla Prabhupāda can be heard by everyone, please.
Prabhupāda: The real disease is, as it is stated by a Vaiṣṇava poet, kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vañcha kare pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare [Prema-vivarta] When we forget Kṛṣṇa and want to lord it over the material nature, this is called māyā. Māyā means which has no factual existence. So this idea that "I shall lord it over the material nature," this is māyā. kṛṣṇa bhuliya jīva bhoga vañcha kare pāśate māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare [Prema-vivarta] As soon as we think of becoming the Lord or lording it over the Lord's creation, that is called māyā. And Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is just an attempt to revive the original consciousness that "I am not the Lord, but I am the servant of the Lord.'' This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So our program is to speak on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the evening and to speak in English, and in the morning we speak on Bhagavad-gītā in Hindi.
So we are very much grateful to you that you are kindly trying to cooperate with this movement and hear about Kṛṣṇa. Your cooperation means you please hear about Kṛṣṇa. Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura said, rādhā-kṛṣṇa bolo saṅge calo ei-mātra duhkhā cāi [from Gītāvalī]. We are simply begging you that you chant Hare Kṛṣṇa and please come along with us.
This much begging we are submitting. Śyāmasundara: Śrīla Prabhupāda? The slide show is ready for the children if they would like to go. Prabhupāda: So why not? Yes? Śyāmasundara: [making announcement] There is, in this tent on this side, there is a slide show for the children, which is beginning just now. So if all of the children would like to go there, they can see many nice pictures of Kṛṣṇa and of all our activities all over the world.
Very nice show. [aside:] It's working. [noise as children leave] Prabhupāda: Hmm. Hare Kṛṣṇa. So māyā, or illusion...