Surrender to Krishna through His representative and become a spiritual master by preaching His message.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Lecture [partially recorded] — Vṛndāvana, February 12, 1974 740212LE-VRNDAVAN [11:21 Minutes] Lect_740212LE-VRNDAVAN C-028 Devotee: ...celebrated astronomer. [break] Prabhupāda: ...it is the Goloka Vṛndāvana where Kṛṣṇa is situated. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ [Bs. 5.37]. It is not that because He is staying in Goloka Vṛndāvana therefore He is absent here.
No. Akhilātma-bhūtaḥ: He is everywhere. Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ [Bs. 5.35]: He is even within the atom. This is the understanding of Kṛṣṇa. So we are preaching this Kṛṣṇa consciousness on the basis of this Bhagavad-gītā as it is, without misinterpreting to show our so-called scholarship.
No. That is not the way of understanding Kṛṣṇa. We should understand Kṛṣṇa submissively, as Arjuna is doing: śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam [Bg. 2.7]. Kṛṣṇa also asked Arjuna to surrender fully, so he has already surrendered.
When Arjuna saw that there were so many perplexities, and this cannot be solved except by Kṛṣṇa, so he surrendered: śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam. So in this way if we surrender to Kṛṣṇa through His representative… Representative means one who says exactly what Kṛṣṇa says; he does not change anything. Kṛṣṇa says, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg. 18.66], and His representative says that “You give up everything and surrender unto Kṛṣṇa.” The same thing. And there is no difficulty.
One hasn't got to manufacture some idea, some philosophy. No. Everything is there, and if you preach what Kṛṣṇa has said, then you are spiritual master. It is not a very big job.
Simply you have to become sincere to Kṛṣṇa, and you learn Kṛṣṇa through His representative, you become sincere to the representative of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa, yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau [ŚU 6.23], then you are spiritual master. It is not very difficult. And become, every one of you, become spiritual master and preach this gospel of Bhagavad-gītā as it is, then the world will be saved. Otherwise they are already in trouble, and they will go more and more into the depths of the trouble, dangerous position, and they will never become happy.
So Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very, very important movement for saving the human civilization, the human society. Thank you very much. Devotees: All glories to Prabhupāda. Jaya. Haribol. [break] Devotee: Is it offensive while chanting that the mind should dwell on thoughts referring to our devotional service activities, or the spiritual master or... Prabhupāda: The chanting process is that you chant with your tongue, “Hare Kṛṣṇa,” and hear.