Through initiation and sincere promise to abandon sin, any soul can be delivered and return to Krishna.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ...that we [indistinct] accepted devotees from any part of the world. Kirāta-hūṇāndhra-pulinda-pulkaśā ābhīra-śumbhā yavanāḥ khasādayaḥ [SB 2.4.18]. Just immediately we initiated a devotee, Bhṛgu Muni dāsa. He is from Iran.
So Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission is this, that pṛthivite āche yata nagarādi-grāma sarvatra pracāra haibe mora nāma [CB Antya-khaṇḍa 4.126] Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted that in every village and every town on the surface of the globe should at least hear Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. So what is your country? Devotee (1): The United States. Prabhupāda: The United States. United States, of course, it is going on. In Brazil, other countries, now they are spreading.
So do it very nicely. What is that Parama-karuṇa? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Parama-karuṇa. Prabhupāda: Parama-karuṇa dāsa. Come on.
Devotees: Jaya. Haribol. Prabhupāda: [break] ...kṛṣṇa-prema-pradāya te kṛṣṇāya kṛṣṇa-caitanyanāmne gaura-tviṣe namaḥ [Cc Madhya 19.53] [Transl. Tell me what are the rules and regulations?] Huh? Devotee: [Transl. No meat eating... Prabhupāda: Huh? Devotee: [indistinct] Prabhupāda: What's the name? In the Vedānta-sūtra it is said, athāto brahma-jijñāsā. This human form of life is meant for inquiring about the Absolute Truth. So everyone should be interested to understand the Absolute Truth. But this is Kali-yuga. Practically nobody is interested. The symptoms of Kali-yuga is mandāḥ sumanda-matayo manda-bhāgyā hy upadrutāḥ [SB 1.1.10]. They are very slow or all bad, mandāḥ. And even if one is little anxious, he is victimized by some false way. Mandāḥ sumanda-matayo. And manda-bhāgyā. Therefore preaching is required to awaken them to spiritual consciousness. So this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement means to awaken the victimized soul to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Kṛṣṇa personally comes to awaken this consciousness, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja [Bg 18.66]. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa's servants, they also try to do the same business on behalf of Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa recognizes such preachers as very, very dear to Him. Na ca tasmān manuṣyeṣu kaścid me priya-kṛttamaḥ [Bg 18.69]. So the whole world is suffering for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. So those who are initiated, they should decide that "In this life we shall simply serve Kṛṣṇa." That should be the... Dṛḍha-vratāḥ. Bhajanti māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ [Bg 7.28].So this is the... Initiation means beginning. Now, if you follow the rules and regulation—no illicit sex, no meat-eating, no gambling, no intoxication up to the drinking of tea and smoking and chewing pān. So these are considered as the four pillars of sinful life. So nobody can approach Kṛṣṇa with sinful activities. That is not possible. yeṣāṁ tv anta-gataṁ pāpaṁ janānāṁ puṇya-karmāṇām te dvanda-moha-nirmuktā bhajante māṁ dṛḍha-vratāḥ [Bg 7.28] So if you are actually serious, approaching Kṛṣṇa—He is paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramam—you have to cleanse yourself from all sinful activities [Bg 10.12]. So therefore we request everyone to give up these habits: illicit sex, meat-eating, intoxication and gambling. Then he becomes gradually purified. And if he chants Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra... Ceto-darpaṇa-mārjanam [Cc Antya 20.12]. One side, he should personally endeavor, and other side, he should chant, ceto-darpaṇa, the method of cleansing the heart. So we have got many śāstric evidences how one can become completely sinless simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and observing very strictly the four prohibitive rules and regulations. I hope those who are initiated today, you have promised before Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Deity, before Vaiṣṇava and before the fire to give up these habits and do not take to... Even if you are practiced now, you do not take it again. This is the process of Caitanya Mahāprabhu's initiation. Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared to deliver all the sinful men. Pāpī tāpī yata chilo, harināme uddhārilo, tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi. Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura said that "Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu so merciful that He delivered all kinds of sinful men," pāpī tāpī, "all types of suffering from material disease." And what is the medicine? Pāpī tāpī yata chila, harināme uddhārila. And evidence? Tāra sākṣī jagāi and mādhāi. You see Jagāi-Mādhāi. So Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited one example, to deliver Jagāi-Mādhāi. Jagāi-Mādhāi means they were born in a very aristocratic brāhmaṇa family, but by bad association they became illicit sex, woman-hunter, drunkards and meat-eaters and gamblers. But Caitanya Mahāprabhu, through the mercy of Nityānanda Prabhu, delivered them. And the only promise was that "You promise no more this sinful life. Then I accept you." So if we give up our sinful activity, immediately Caitanya Mahāprabhu takes you. There is no condition, because in this age everyone is addicted to sinful life, but he simply promises that "Henceforward I shall not act anything sinfully," these four principles. Then you go back to home, back to Godhead. Thank you very much. Devotees: Jaya Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: Where is the hat[?] Give some. What you have? Just now? Vaiṣṇava. Yes, give him five rupees. You have got? Indian: [Transl. Something for breakfast?] Prabhupāda: [Transl. Yes, he will give you five rupees.] Hare Kṛṣṇa. Devotees: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. [kīrtana] Jaya Prabhupāda Prabhupāda... [kirtan] [end] Endnotes 1 (Popup - Popup) "To learn transcendental subject matter, one must approach the spiritual master. In doing so, he should carry fuel to burn in sacrifice. The symptom of such a spiritual master is that he is expert in understanding the Vedic conclusion, and therefore he constantly engages in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.2.12