See Krishna everywhere through His energies and teachings; therein lies both meditation and progressive spiritual realization.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
b]øaPaR<a& b]ø hivb]RøaGanaE b]ø<aa huTaMa( ) b]øEv TaeNa GaNTaVYa& b]øk-MaRSaMaaiDaNaa )) 24 )) [class is held outside, in garden] Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads devotees in chanting] brahmārpaṇaṁ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam brahmaiva tena gantavyaṁ brahma-karma-samādhinā [Bg 4.24] [02:22] Translation: "A person who is fully absorbed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature." Prabhupāda: Some of you explain. Jayāntakṛd: Translate. Prabhupāda: Translation is already there. Jayāntakṛd: Should we translate in French, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: Yes.
Where is French Bhagavad-gītā? No, not here? Harikeśa: Can we read the purport, Śrīla Prabhupāda? Prabhupāda: Yes. Harikeśa: Purport: "How activities in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can lead one ultimately to the spiritual goal is described here." [break] Prabhupāda: So discuss any question. Yogeśvara: Sometimes we speak of the material energy as being different from the spiritual energy, and other times we speak of all energies being ultimately spiritual. So what is the understanding? Prabhupāda: [translated in French throughout] Just like the electricity energy is coming from the same source, but it is being utilized for different purposes. Sometimes it is helping to make cooler, and sometimes it is helping to make heater.
But cooler and heater are two opposite things. But it is being done by the same energy. How it is being done? In the Vedānta-sūtra it is said, janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]. Brahma or Absolute Truth is that from where everything is emanating.
Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ [Bg 10.8]: "I am the source of everything." Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate: "Everything is coming from Me." So in another place, to make further clear, bhūmir āpo 'nalo vāyuḥ khaṁ mano buddhir eva ca. Bhinnā me prakṛtir aṣṭadhā [Bg 7.4]: "These eight energies, they are My energy." Aṣṭadhā, eight: earth, water, air fire, sky, mind, intelligence, ego. Bhinnā, separated. Just like I am speaking in the Dictaphone, but after some time, without me, it will speak exactly like this.
So I am speaking, but I'm not present there. Similarly, material world means it is being conducted by Kṛṣṇa, but still, Kṛṣṇa, personally, He's not present there. In another place Kṛṣṇa says that, mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ [Bg 9.4] Find out this verse. Hari-śauri: 9.3.
Prabhupāda: Kṛṣṇa's energies present, and Kṛṣṇa is seemingly absent, that is material. Jayatīrtha: mayā tatam idaṁ sarvaṁ jagad avyakta-mūrtinā mat-sthāni sarva-bhūtāni na cāhaṁ teṣv avasthitaḥ [Bg 9.4] "By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. All beings are in Me, but I am not in them." Prabhupāda: Explain that. [break] So, it is understood, or if there is difficulty, you can question?
Caraṇāmbuja: What does it mean when Kṛṣṇa says "I am not in them"? Prabhupāda: Huh? "I am not in them" because you cannot see there. Kṛṣṇa is there, but you cannot see Him. You are not advanced.