Morning Walk

Krishna Is Within Every Atom – Govinda Crossed Caitanya for Service Not for His Own Dinner – Rules May Be Violated Only for Urgent Seva

📅 March 9, 1974 📍 Mayapur ⏱ 45 min
Rules and comfort are secondary; unobstructed devotional service to Krishna is the supreme measure of spiritual life.
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Morning Walk — March 9, 1974, Māyāpur 740309MW-MAYAPUR [45:24 Minutes] Walk_740309MW-MAYAPUR Prabhupāda: He's situated as Paramātmā, antaryāmī, everywhere. Aṇḍāntara-stham: within the universe as Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, within the heart of everyone, and even within the atom. Then how we can walk? Kṛṣṇa is within the atom.

How we can walk? If somebody says, "How we are walking on the road?" Because within the atom there is God. Within... Aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham [Bs. 5.35]. Indian man (1): In everywhere... Prabhupāda: So this, this is combination of paramāṇu, atom.

So how we can walk? People may question like that, that "In, within the paramāṇu there is Kṛṣṇa. How we are walking on this road?" So this question you should all understand very... You know that upon the mandira, we do not stay.

Just like our Vṛndāvana mandira is being constructed. There is no residential quarter upon the mandira. Similarly, when the mandira will be constructed, we are not so fool that we'll show..., we'll go and stay upon the mandira. But mandira is not constructed yet.

So what shall we do? Indian man (1): Worship should go on. Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore we have temporary situated mandira in the same building. We cannot stop our worship. That is not possible.

Because one cannot go upon the mandira, because the Lord is now being worshiped within the residence, it does not mean we can stop His worship. Worship must continue in any condition, apratihatā, without being impeded by any rules and regulation. This is called rāga-mārga. Vidhi-mārga, and there is rāga-mārga.

Vidhi-mārga means under rules and regulation, and rāga-mārga means out of love. That is another thing. There is another instance. Govinda was personal servant of Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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